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Abstemious is a related term of sober.


As an adjective abstemious

is sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions .

As a noun sober is

friend.

abstemious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
  • * Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious - .
  • * Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. -
  • * 1919 ,
    • In the dimness of the landing I could not see him very well, but there was something in his voice that surprised me. I knew he was of abstemious habit or I should have thought he had been drinking.
  • Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
  • * an abstemious diet -
  • Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
  • * One abstemious day. -
  • * 1826 , , Chapter 5
    • [...] when I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food.
  • (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
  • * Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. -
    • * (English Citations of "abstemious")

    Synonyms

    abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober, temperate

    Derived terms

    * abstemiousness * unabstemious

    References

    English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order

    sober

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • not drunk; not intoxicated
  • not given to excessive drinking of alcohol
  • * Book of Common Prayer
    • a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name
  • moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled
  • * Dryden
    • No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
  • * 2005 , .
    • Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
  • dull; not bright or colorful
  • * Milton
    • Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.
  • subdued; solemn; grave
  • * Prior
    • What parts gay France from sober Spain?
  • * Alexander Pope
    • See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * (not drunk) drunk

    Related terms

    * sobriety * sober as a judge

    See also

    * teetotaller

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (often with up ) To make or become sober.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again.
  • (often with up ) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
    • ''It took him hours to sober up .

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