sobering Synonyms

make someone stop and think dry out alerting worrying urgent ugly tough subdue steadying steady sober banausic sober up meaningful demuring make serious meaning business become sober bring down to earth sedating unhumorous far-reaching unamusing colourless significant severe cooling common colorless collectedness calming boring bland banal ballast assuage dangerous deep depressing serious quieting quiet moderating major important grievous grave dulling discouraging acute