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Synonyms for sobering
adj crucial, weighty- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- grievous
- important
- major
- meaningful
- severe
- significant
- tough
- urgent
- arduous
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- laborious
- meaning business
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- worrying
Antonyms for sobering
- calm
- easy
- facile
- friendly
- insignificant
- little
- meaningless
- minor
- small
- trivial
- unimportant
- worthless
- flippant
- funny
- happy
- light
- unserious
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
most serious
adjective. crucial, weighty
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
serious
adjective. crucial, weighty
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.