'Sobering' definitions:
Definition of 'sobering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect"
Definition of 'Sobering'
From: GCIDE
- 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]