What are the antonyms for SOBERING?
- meaningless, minor, unimportant, funny, happy, irritate, little, raise, unserious, small, upset, trivial, facile, light, worthless, calm, flippant, brighten, increase, aggravate, friendly, insignificant, easy.
Synonyms for SOBERING
- sober,
- pacification,
- assuage,
- mitigate,
- fateful,
- no joke,
- shade,
- Fainting,
- harding,
- subdue,
- moderating,
- heavy,
- serious,
- Dulling,
- disturbing,
- soothing,
- cool,
- worrying,
- playing hard ball,
- stressful,
- Desolating,
- calming,
- feller,
- Levelling,
- distressing,
- major,
- significant,
- pressing,
- strenuous,
- difficult,
- wising,
- ballast,
- chill out,
- Quieting,
- meaningful,
- darken,
- hard,
- unamusing,
- modulate,
- arduous,
- alerting,
- dampen,
- unhumorous,
- reduce,
- Operose,
- cloud,
- fell,
- restrain,
- far-reaching,
- no laughing matter,
- smoking,
- Drying,
- formidable,
- tough,
- sobering,
- temper,
- soften,
- meaning business,
- grievous,
- unperturbed,
- ugly,
- equanimity,
- menacing,
- composedness,
- Stilling,
- of consequence,
- urgent,
- soft-pedal,
- sounding,
- play down,
- grave,
- out for blood,
- anxious,
- grim,
- steadying,
- strictly business,
- deep,
- threatening,
- gooding,
- sedating,
- dim,
- cooling,
- severe,
- alarming,
- laborious,
- Collectedness,
- momentous,
- dangerous,
- tense,
- deepen,
- important.
Usage Examples for SOBERING
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But the inevitable sobering sense of leadership and responsibility was already at work upon him. - "The Shepherd of the North" by Richard Aumerle Maher
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On many a former occasion she had learnt what interval of repose was required, before the sobering influence of the mixture could successfully assert itself. - "Blind Love" by Wilkie Collins
