1. sober - Adjective
2. sober - Verb
4. sober - Adjective Satellite
5. Sober - Proper noun
To make sober.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
To become sober; -- often with down.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway
If The Priest is used to get drunk, the people do not sober at all. Bulgarian Proverb
What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips. Danish Proverb
Fools love not the wise, drunkards love not the sober. Ukrainian Proverb