soberest

Adjective

sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)

1. Not drunk; not intoxicated.

   Antonyms:

   drunk, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled

2. Not under the influence of any recreational drug.
   • Ten months sober, I must admit
     Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023
3. Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
   • Amid all the confusion and disorder that sin has introduced into the world, the Christian in union with God has a grace or Divine help that enables him to live the sober, self-restrained life.1890, John Charles Cox, “The Sober Life”, in The Godly, Righteous, And Sober Life, page 35

   Synonyms:

   abstemious, temperate, abstentious, abstinent, spareful

4. (figuratively) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
   • God help me to watch and to be sober.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 31

   Synonyms:

   measured, mellow, middle of the road, mild, moderate, nonexcessive, nonextreme, nonfanatic, proper, reasonable

5. Dull; not bright or colorful.
   • Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...

   Synonyms:

   muted, subdued, bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint, lackluster, leaden

6. Subdued; solemn; grave.
   • See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.

   Synonyms:

   austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful, sad

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