sobering

[soh-ber-ing] / ˈsoʊ bər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

serious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangerous deep difficult far-reaching grievous important major meaningful severe significant tough urgent

WEAK

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 strenuous strictly business threatening ugly unamusing unhumorous worrying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm easy facile friendly insignificant little meaningless minor small trivial unimportant worthless

WEAK

flippant funny happy light unserious

Example Sentences

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Today the Sudan remains, in Mr. Hart’s sobering assessment, “one of the most dangerous places on the earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a notable and perhaps sobering parallel, but it does not necessarily discredit contemporary psychiatry, as Ms. Antonetta seems to imply.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sobering emergency plan informs everyone within a mile they will be handed iodine tablets if something goes wrong.

From BBC

Samuel Kerstein, PhD, professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Maryland, had a sobering perspective when I spoke to him about the ethical dilemma of rethinking the organ registry process.

From Salon

But China's latest inflation figures on Monday were sobering.

From Reuters

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