Crossword Dictionary
SOBER
sober - a
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Synonyms
calm, restrained, sedate, serious, abstaining, controlled, dry, moderate, steady
Examples
The euphoria is giving way to a more sober assessment of the situation.
The effect that increasing units have on your body makes for sobering reading indeed.
It is sobering now to realise that cheating has done what only world wars could do.
Etymology
mid-14c., sobre, "moderate in desires or actions, habitually temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," which is of unknown origin.