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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to make sober or more serious;
- Example: "the news had a sobering effect"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sober \So"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sobered; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Sobering.]
   To make sober.
   [1913 Webster]

         There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
         And drinking largely sobers us again.    --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sobering
    adj 1: tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a
           sobering effect"