sober

adj.严肃认真的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
sober (adjective)
1.
a) sparing in the use of food and drink - abstemious
b) not addicted to intoxicating drink
c) not drunk
2.
marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor
3.
- unhurried calm
4.
marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness - a sober candlelight vigil
5.
subdued in tone or color
6.
showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy, emotion, or prejudice serious
sober (verb)
transitive verb
intransitive verb
to make sober to become sober - usually used with up
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
sober (adjective)
1.
not having one's mind affected by alcohol
SYNONYMS:
clearheaded, straight
RELATED WORDS:
abstemious, abstinent, dry, teetotal, temperate; cool, level, steady
NEAR ANTONYMS:
alcoholic, bibulous, crapulous, dipsomaniacal; maudlin, tiddly []; befuddled, besotted, dopey ( dopy); debauched, dissipated, dissolute
blasted [], blind, blitzed [], blotto [], bombed, boozy, canned [], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [], high, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [], lit, lit up, loaded [], looped, oiled [], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [], ripped [], sloshed [], smashed [], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed ( squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [], stoned, tanked [], tight, tipsy, wasted [], wiped out []
sober (adjective)
2.
based on sound reasoning or information
SYNONYMS:
commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical, firm, hard, informed, just, justified, levelheaded, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoned, sensible, sober, solid, valid, well-founded
RELATED WORDS:
actual, real, true; certain, sure; certified, validated, verified; confirmed, corroborated, substantiated; cogent, convincing; colorable, credible, plausible
NEAR ANTONYMS:
unsubstantiated, unsupported, unwarranted; flimsy, implausible, unconvincing, weak; fallacious, false, misguided, misled
groundless, illogical, invalid, irrational, nonrational, nonsensical, nonvalid, unfounded, uninformed, unjustified, unreasonable, unreasoned, unsound
sober (adjective)
3.
not joking or playful in mood or manner
SYNONYMS:
earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced, sedate, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, staid, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty
RELATED WORDS:
harsh, stern, strict; businesslike, professional; dignified, distinguished, elevated, serious-minded; gloomy, grim
NEAR ANTONYMS:
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical ( hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious; featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained; absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky ( kookie), loony ( looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky ( whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful
sober (adjective)
4.
not excessively showy
SYNONYMS:
conservative, low-key ( low-keyed), muted, repressed, restrained, sober, subdued, toned-down, understated, unflashy, unpretentious
RELATED WORDS:
appropriate, becoming, fit, fitting, proper, suitable; modest, plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated; inconspicuous, unnoticeable, unobtrusive; graceful, handsome, refined, tasteful; drab, mousy ( mousey); practical, sensible
NEAR ANTONYMS:
meretricious; graceless, inelegant, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy, vulgar; baroque, fancy, frilly, gilded ( gilt), ornate, rococo; overdecorated, overdone, overwrought
flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank ( swanky)
sober (adjective)
5.
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
SYNONYMS:
abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober, temperate
RELATED WORDS:
ascetic ( ascetical), austere; disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
NEAR ANTONYMS:
gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious; Cyrenaic, hedonistic, self-pleasing, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuous, voluptuary; masturbatory, onanistic
self-indulgent
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