OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15102

sober

/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sereno • sobrio
Not drunk; not intoxicated.
sobrio
Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
God help me to watch and to be sober.
Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
apagado
Dull; not bright or colorful.
Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.
sobrio
Subdued; solemn; grave.
See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
What parts gay France from sober Spain? A little rising rocky chain.
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