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Sobering

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing more sober thought or concern.

    "It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again."

Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to make sober or more serious wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sober form-of, gerund, participle, present

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