sober
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Is sober a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of sober?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (figurative) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.Examples: "God help me to watch and to be sober."; "[N]o ſober man vvould put himſelf into a danger for the Applauſe of ſcaping vvithout breaking his Neck."; "Which is the finest and soberest state possible."Synonyms: measured, mellow, middle of the road, mild, moderate, nonexcessive, nonextreme, nonfanaticfiguratively
2. (of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.Examples: "Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad."Synonyms: muted, subdued, bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint
3. (Scotland) Poor; feeble.Scotland
verb (English)
1. (often with up) To make or become sober.Examples: "There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again."; "The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock."oftenwith-up
2. (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.Examples: "It took him hours to sober up."oftenwith-up
Definition source: Wiktionary