sobrietynoun [ U ]
uk/səˈbraɪ.ə.ti/us/səˈbraɪ.ə.t̬i/formalsobriety noun [ U ] (NOT DRUNK)
the state of being sober:
US The police said his car had been weaving all over the road, so they pulled him over and gave him a sobriety test.
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Drunkenness & sobriety
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic
- alcoholism
- battered
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles
- binge drinking
- blasted
- bombed
- inebriate
- inebriated
- influence
- intoxicate
- intoxicated
- sloshed
- sober (sb) up
- sot
- soused
- sozzled
- whacked
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sobriety noun [ U ] (SERIOUS)
seriousness:
We had the priest sitting at our table, which instilled a little sobriety into the occasion.
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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