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sobering

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

  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.”

    “For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.”

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of sober