sobering

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11
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14
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8

Definition of sobering

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  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.”
    “For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.”
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adj

  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.”
    “For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sober

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