Definition: become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
Usage: Keep him in bed until he sobers up
Similar words: become, go, get
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Definition: become more realistic
Usage: After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up
Similar words: become, go, get
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Synonyms: sober
Definition: cause to become sober
Usage: A sobering thought
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre, drab
Definition: lacking brightness or color; dull
Usage: drab faded curtains; sober Puritan grey; children in somber brown clothes
Similar words: colorless, colourless
Definition: weak in color; not colorful
Synonyms: sober
Definition: not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Similar words: stone-sober, cold sober
Definition: totally sober
Similar words: drug-free
Definition: characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used
Definition: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
Usage: he's been dry for ten years; no thank you; I happen to be teetotal
Similar words: uninebriated, unintoxicated
Definition: not inebriated
Synonyms: sober, solemn, sedate, grave
Definition: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Usage: a grave God-fearing man; a quiet sedate nature; as sober as a judge; a solemn promise; the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
Similar words: serious
Definition: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Usage: a serious student of history; a serious attempt to learn to ski; gave me a serious look; a serious young man; are you serious or joking?; Don't be so serious!