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: abstaining from drinking alcohol or taking intoxicating drugs : refraining from the use of addictive substances (see substance sense 3c) Blossom learns that life isn't always rosy, especially for recovering substance abusers, when she discovers her brother Anthony—clean and sober for two years—wilting when he's tempted by a liquor bottle.
Synonyms for SOBERNESS: intentness, gravity, earnestness, solemnity, earnest, seriousness, decisiveness, sobriety; Antonyms of SOBERNESS: levity, flippancy, frivolity, lightness, lightheartedness, play, facetiousness, frivolousness.
(of an occasion) at which no alcohol is served or drunk: You will find it easier if everyone knows that you are planning a sober holiday. When you are planning a sober wedding, don't forget to include some non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Fewer examples. I hadn't drunk a thing - I was completely sober. I used to think I couldn't enjoy a party sober.
Definitions of soberness. noun. the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol. synonyms: sobriety. see more. noun. a manner that is serious and solemn. synonyms: graveness, gravity, sobriety, somberness, sombreness. see more.
Define soberness. soberness synonyms, soberness pronunciation, soberness translation, English dictionary definition of soberness. adj. so·ber·er , so·ber·est 1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs. 2. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of...
adjective. us / ˈsoʊ.bɚ / uk / ˈsəʊ.bə r/ sober adjective (NO ALCOHOL) Add to word list. C2. not having drunk alcohol or not affected by alcohol: Are you sober enough to drive, Jim? stone cold sober I'd had no wine all evening so I was stone cold (= completely) sober.
not intoxicated or drunk. habitually temperate, especially in the use of liquor. Synonyms: abstinent, abstemious. quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons. marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion.
