Usually means: Making one serious, thoughtful, and reflective.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. sobering: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sobering: Merriam-Webster
  3. sobering: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sobering: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sobering, sobering: Wordnik
  6. sobering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sobering: Wiktionary
  8. sobering: Dictionary.com
  9. sobering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Sobering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. sobering: Rhymezone
  12. Sobering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. sobering: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sobering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. sobering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sobering: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sobering: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sobering: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sobering: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sober as well.)

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adjective:  Causing more sober thought or concern.

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