sobered

as intone down

Synonyms for sobered

verb moderate

Antonyms for sobered

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "moderate in desires or actions, temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from late 14c.; also "appropriately solemn, serious, not giddy." Related: Soberly; soberness. Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705.

Example Sentences for sobered

He was sobered at leaving her, but he never thought of not going with the rest.

After some moments, however, Charlie sobered and choked back a final gurgle.

Jean, sobered by the terrible shock, looked at him with wild eyes.

Then he sobered, for her inhumanity to Esther seemed to him incredible.

For once the tongues of the hillsfolk were sobered into silence.

The loss 318 of all the food and the narrowness of his escape had sobered the younger man.

Stunned, but sobered by mortal danger, Morgan greeted his enemy with an oath.

She had come so near death, and that so suddenly, that she was sobered and softened.

She intoxicated him with a touch, and sobered him with a face of sudden marble.

He did not look like the same man, so changed and sobered was the expression of his face.