soberness (noun)

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• soberness — noun see sober I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• soberness — noun The state or quality of being sober …   Wiktionary

• soberness — noun 1. the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol • Syn: ↑sobriety • Ant: ↑drunkenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sober • Hypernyms: ↑temporary state …   Useful english dictionary

• soberness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors: abstinence, dryness, sobriety, teetotal ism, temperance. See DRUGS, RESTRAINT, USED …   English dictionary for students

• sober — I. adjective (soberer; soberest) Etymology: Middle English sobre, from Anglo French, from Latin sobrius; akin to Latin ebrius drunk Date: 14th century 1. a. sparing in the use of food and drink ; abstemious b. not addicted to intoxicating drink c …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sober — /ˈsoʊbə / (say sohbuh) adjective 1. not intoxicated or drunk. 2. habitually temperate, especially with alcoholic drink. 3. quiet or sedate in demeanour, as persons. 4. marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as demeanour, speech, etc. 5 …  

• graveness — noun a manner that is serious and solemn • Syn: ↑gravity, ↑sobriety, ↑soberness, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• somberness — noun 1. a state of partial or total darkness he struck a match to dispel the gloom • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑sombreness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sombreness — noun 1. a state of partial or total darkness he struck a match to dispel the gloom • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑somberness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre, ↑somber (for: ↑somberness …   Useful english dictionary

• serious-mindedness — noun the trait of being serious a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness Robert Rice • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Ant: ↑frivolity (for: ↑seriousn …   Useful english dictionary

• gravity — noun 1) the gravity of the situation Syn: seriousness, importance, significance, weight, consequence, magnitude; acuteness, urgency, exigence; awfulness, dreadfulness; formal moment 2) the gravity of his demeanor Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words