"sober" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/, /ˈsoʊ.bɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sober.ogg [US] Forms: soberer [comparative], soberest [superlative]
enPR: sō'bə(r) Rhymes: -əʊbə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁egʷʰ-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|fro|sobre}} Old French sobre, {{der|en|la|sōbrius}} Latin sōbrius, {{m|la|se-||without}} se- (“without”), {{m|la|ebrius||intoxicated}} ebrius (“intoxicated”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁egʷʰ-||drink}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”), {{m|en|undrunken}} undrunken, {{noncog|ang|undruncen}} Old English undruncen Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)
  1. Not drunk; not intoxicated. Synonyms: sober Translations (not drunk): νηφάλιος (nēphálios) (Ancient Greek), صَاحٍ (ṣāḥin) (Arabic), սթափ (stʿapʿ) (Armenian), ayıq (Azerbaijani), айыҡ (ayıq) (Bashkir), айныҡ (aynıq) (Bashkir), цвяро́зы (cvjarózy) (Belarusian), тре́звен (trézven) (Bulgarian), sobri (Catalan), 清醒 (qīngxǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 冷靜 (Chinese Mandarin), 冷静 (lěngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), трѣзвъ (trězvŭ) [Cyrillic] (Church Slavic), střízlivý [masculine] (Czech), střízvý [dated] (Czech), ædru (Danish), nuchter (Dutch), тетява (ťeťava) (Erzya), sobra (Esperanto), selvä (Finnish), selvin päin (Finnish), sobre (French), ფხიზელი (pxizeli) (Georgian), nüchtern (German), νηφάλιος (nifálios) [masculine] (Greek), פּכֵּחַ (pikkéaḥ) [masculine] (Hebrew), józan (Hungarian), siitiä (Ingrian), neamh-mheisciúil (Irish), sobrio [masculine] (Italian), シラフ (shirafu) (Japanese), اَذِغْ (aδïɣ) (Karakhanid), sobrius (Latin), nuchtarny (Lower Sorbian), eniichter (Luxembourgish), трезен (trezen) (Macedonian), трезвен (trezven) (Macedonian), sobre [Jersey, feminine, masculine] (Norman), edru (Norwegian Bokmål), edru (Norwegian Nynorsk), терезвъ (terezvŭ) (Old East Slavic), тверезъ (tverezŭ) (Old East Slavic), undruncen (Old English), nichta (Plautdietsch), trzeźwy (Polish), sóbrio (Portuguese), тре́звый (trézvyj) (Russian), тверёзый (tverjózyj) [nonstandard, regional] (Russian), терёзвый (terjózvyj) [obsolete, regional] (Russian), sòbair (Scottish Gaelic), stuama (Scottish Gaelic), трезан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), тријезан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), трезвен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), trezan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), trijezan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), trezven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), triezvy (Slovak), trezen (Slovene), sobrio (Spanish), sereno (Spanish), nykter (Swedish), аек (ayek) (Tatar), ไม่เมา (Thai), สร่างเมา (Thai), ayık (Turkish), твере́зий (tverézyj) (Ukrainian), sobr (Welsh), ניכטער (nikhter) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-abhwOuH4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 25 15 12 2 9 23 Disambiguation of 'not drunk': 50 15 13 10 11 1 0
  2. Not under the influence of any recreational drug.
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-783iNtQp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 25 15 12 2 9 23
  3. Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol. Synonyms: abstemious Translations (not given to excessive drinking of alcohol): въздържан (vǎzdǎržan) (Bulgarian), sobri (Catalan), ædruelig (Danish), nuchter (Dutch), raitis (Finnish), sobre (French), εγκρατής (egkratís) [masculine] (Greek), mértékletes (Hungarian), neamh-mheisciúil (Irish), sobrio [masculine] (Italian), abstēmius (Latin), sobre [Jersey, feminine, masculine] (Norman), sóbrio (Portuguese), sòbair (Scottish Gaelic), stuama (Scottish Gaelic), sobr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-J47IUNKB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 25 15 12 2 9 23 Disambiguation of 'not given to excessive drinking of alcohol': 7 7 72 5 5 2 2
  4. (figurative) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: moderate, serious Translations (moderate): айыҡ (ayıq) (Bashkir), айныҡ (aynıq) (Bashkir), умерен (umeren) (Bulgarian), sobri (Catalan), střízlivý [masculine] (Czech), sober (Danish), hillitty (Finnish), sobre (French), nüchtern (German), besonnen (German), ernst (German), νηφάλιος (nifálios) [masculine] (Greek), μετρημένος (metriménos) [masculine] (Greek), józan (Hungarian), higgadt (Hungarian), megfontolt (Hungarian), sobrio [masculine] (Italian), 真面目 (majime) (alt: まじめ) (Japanese), sobre [Jersey, feminine, masculine] (Norman), gedrēoh (Old English), sȳfre (Old English), sóbrio (Portuguese), уме́ренный (umérennyj) (Russian), stuama (Scottish Gaelic), sobrio (Spanish), sobr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-EybsFPGx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 25 15 12 2 9 23 Disambiguation of 'moderate': 2 3 19 69 2 4 2
  5. (of color) Dull; not bright or colorful. Tags: of color Synonyms: muted, subdued Translations (dull): sobri (Catalan), tupý [masculine] (Czech), hloupý [masculine] (Czech), hillitty (Finnish), sobre (French), gedeckt (note: of colours) (German), tompa (Hungarian), fakó (Hungarian), matt (Hungarian), sobre [Jersey, feminine, masculine] (Norman), sóbrio (Portuguese), нея́ркий (nejárkij) (Russian), ту́склый (túsklyj) (Russian), apagado (Spanish), hüşyar (Turkish), mutedil (Turkish), uyanık dikkatli (Turkish), sobr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj--18umd8~ Disambiguation of 'dull': 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  6. Subdued; solemn; grave. Synonyms: serious Translations (subdued; solemn; grave): vakava (Finnish), vakavamielinen (Finnish), komoly (Hungarian), ieeboa (Plautdietsch), sobrio (Spanish), sobr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-jE32oLxv Disambiguation of 'subdued; solemn; grave': 1 0 2 10 11 75 1
  7. (Scotland) Poor; feeble. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-sober-en-adj-BKeQE7cm Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 25 15 12 2 9 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clearheaded, on the wagon, sober, sober as a judge, stone-cold sober, undrunken, unintoxicated Hypernyms: abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, temperate Related terms: teetotaller, teetotaler

Verb

IPA: /ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/, /ˈsoʊ.bɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sober.ogg [US] Forms: sobers [present, singular, third-person], sobering [participle, present], sobered [participle, past], sobered [past]
enPR: sō'bə(r) Rhymes: -əʊbə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁egʷʰ-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|fro|sobre}} Old French sobre, {{der|en|la|sōbrius}} Latin sōbrius, {{m|la|se-||without}} se- (“without”), {{m|la|ebrius||intoxicated}} ebrius (“intoxicated”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁egʷʰ-||drink}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”), {{m|en|undrunken}} undrunken, {{noncog|ang|undruncen}} Old English undruncen Head templates: {{en-verb}} sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)
  1. (often with up) To make or become sober. Tags: often, with-up Translations (make or become sober): изтрезнявам (iztreznjavam) (Bulgarian), 醒酒 (xǐngjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), vystřízlivět [perfective] (Czech), sobrigi (Esperanto), selvittää (Finnish), ernüchtern (German), kijózanít (Hungarian), 酔いを醒ます (yoi wo samasu) (Japanese), nyktra (Swedish), nyktra till (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-verb-o~Jrjho4 Disambiguation of 'make or become sober': 99 1 0
  2. (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication. Tags: often, with-up Translations (overcome intoxication): vystřízlivět [perfective] (Czech), sobriĝi (Esperanto), selvitä (Finnish), cuver (French), ausnüchtern (German), kijózanodik (Hungarian), nyktra (Swedish), nyktra till (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sober-en-verb-ORdlj8tt Disambiguation of 'overcome intoxication': 2 91 7
  3. To moderate one's feelings; to accept a disappointing reality after losing one's ability to believe in a fantastic goal.
    Sense id: en-sober-en-verb-iFykD5EU

Inflected forms

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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "ædru"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Erzya",
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          "word": "тетява"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not drunk",
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          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "selvä"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "selvin päin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "sobre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pxizeli",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "ფხიზელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "nüchtern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nifálios",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "nēphálios",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "νηφάλιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pikkéaḥ",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פּכֵּחַ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "józan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "siitiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "neamh-mheisciúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sobrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shirafu",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "シラフ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "50 15 13 10 11 1 0",
          "code": "xqa",
          "lang": "Karakhanid",
          "roman": "aδïɣ",
          "sense": "not drunk",
          "word": "اَذِغْ"
        },
        {
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      "word": "draw a sober breath"
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      "word": "drunk words are sober thoughts"
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      "word": "sober down"
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      "word": "sober up"
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      "word": "wanton kittens make sober cats"
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2020 December 29, Hilary Sheinbaum, “Finding Love Without Alcohol”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "After eliminating alcohol from their lives, some sober individuals exclusively date nondrinkers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
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          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 230d",
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          "passionate",
          "passionate"
        ],
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "self-controlled",
          "self-controlled"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "moderate"
        },
        {
          "word": "serious"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Dull; not bright or colorful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "colorful",
          "colorful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of color) Dull; not bright or colorful."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "muted"
        },
        {
          "word": "subdued"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of color"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.",
          "text": "See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Subdued; solemn; grave."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Subdued",
          "subdued"
        ],
        [
          "solemn",
          "solemn"
        ],
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "serious"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poor; feeble."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) Poor; feeble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊ.bɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊbə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "soba (in non-rhotic accents)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sober.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-sober.ogg/En-us-sober.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-sober.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sō'bə(r)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "clearheaded"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "on the wagon"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "sober"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "sober as a judge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "stone-cold sober"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "undrunken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sober",
      "word": "unintoxicated"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣāḥin",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "صَاحٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "stʿapʿ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "սթափ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ayıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ayıq",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "айыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "aynıq",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "айныҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cvjarózy",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "цвяро́зы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trézven",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "тре́звен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngxǐng",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "清醒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "冷靜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lěngjìng",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "冷静"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "střízlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "střízvý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ædru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "nuchter"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "ťeťava",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "тетява"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "selvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "selvin päin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pxizeli",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ფხიზელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "nüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nifálios",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νηφάλιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nēphálios",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "νηφάλιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pikkéaḥ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּכֵּחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "józan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "siitiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "neamh-mheisciúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shirafu",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "シラフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xqa",
      "lang": "Karakhanid",
      "roman": "aδïɣ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "اَذِغْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobrius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "eniichter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trezen",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "трезен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trezven",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "трезвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "edru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "edru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "trězvŭ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трѣзвъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "terezvŭ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "терезвъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "tverezŭ",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "тверезъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "undruncen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "nichta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "trzeźwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sóbrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trézvyj",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "тре́звый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tverjózyj",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "тверёзый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terjózvyj",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "терёзвый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sòbair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "stuama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трезан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тријезан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трезвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trezan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trijezan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trezven"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "triezvy"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "trezen"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "nuchtarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sereno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "nykter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ayek",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "аек"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ไม่เมา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "สร่างเมา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ayık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tverézyj",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "твере́зий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "sobr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "nikhter",
      "sense": "not drunk",
      "word": "ניכטער"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzdǎržan",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "въздържан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "sobri"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "ædruelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "nuchter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "raitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "egkratís",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εγκρατής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "mértékletes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "neamh-mheisciúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "abstēmius"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "sóbrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "sòbair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "stuama"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not given to excessive drinking of alcohol",
      "word": "sobr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ayıq",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "айыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "aynıq",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "айныҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umeren",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "умерен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sobri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "střízlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sober"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "hillitty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "nüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "besonnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "ernst"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nifálios",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νηφάλιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metriménos",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μετρημένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "józan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "higgadt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "megfontolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まじめ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "majime",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "真面目"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "gedrēoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sȳfre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sóbrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umérennyj",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "уме́ренный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "stuama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "moderate",
      "word": "sobr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "sobri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tupý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hloupý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "hillitty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of colours",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "gedeckt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "tompa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "fakó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "matt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "dull",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "sóbrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nejárkij",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "нея́ркий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "túsklyj",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "ту́склый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "apagado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "hüşyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "mutedil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "uyanık dikkatli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "sobr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "vakava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "vakavamielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "komoly"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "ieeboa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "sobrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "subdued; solemn; grave",
      "word": "sobr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sober"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁egʷʰ-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊbə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊbə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁egʷʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "[Template:root]",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "sobre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French sobre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sōbrius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sōbrius",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "se-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "without"
      },
      "expansion": "se- (“without”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ebrius",
        "3": "",
        "4": "intoxicated"
      },
      "expansion": "ebrius (“intoxicated”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁egʷʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "drink"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "undrunken"
      },
      "expansion": "undrunken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "undruncen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English undruncen",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”). In the sense \"not drunk,\" displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sobers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sobering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sobered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sobered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism",
          "text": "There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53",
          "text": "The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or become sober."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often with up) To make or become sober."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "with-up"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It took him hours to sober up.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To overcome or lose a state of intoxication."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overcome",
          "overcome"
        ],
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ],
        [
          "intoxication",
          "intoxication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "with-up"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Losing his job was a sobering experience.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To moderate one's feelings; to accept a disappointing reality after losing one's ability to believe in a fantastic goal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moderate",
          "moderate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊ.bɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊbə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "soba (in non-rhotic accents)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sober.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-sober.ogg/En-us-sober.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-sober.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sō'bə(r)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztreznjavam",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "изтрезнявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐngjiǔ",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "醒酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vystřízlivět"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "sobrigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "selvittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "ernüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "kijózanít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoi wo samasu",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "酔いを醒ます"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "nyktra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make or become sober",
      "word": "nyktra till"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vystřízlivět"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "sobriĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "selvitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "cuver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "ausnüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "kijózanodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "nyktra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overcome intoxication",
      "word": "nyktra till"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sober"
}

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