"sobering" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} sobering
  1. Causing more sober thought or concern. Translations (Translations): enseriante (Spanish), aseriante (Spanish), espabilante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sobering-en-adj-UWGhDH4Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sobering
  1. present participle and gerund of sober Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sober
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