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Sobering

(often with up) To make or become sober.

📖 Definitions of "Sobering"

verb
  1. 1

    (often with up) To make or become sober.

  2. 2

    (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

    "It took him hours to sober up."

  3. 3

    To moderate one's feelings

adjective
  1. 1

    Causing more sober thought or concern.

    "It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again."

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