different between sober vs fixed
sober
English
Etymology
From Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg??- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?'b?(r), IPA(key): /?s??.b?(?)/
- Rhymes: -??b?(r)
- Homophone: soba (in non-rhotic accents)
Adjective
sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)
- Not drunk; not intoxicated.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sober
- Antonyms: drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk
- Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
- Synonym: abstemious
- (figuratively) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate, Thesaurus:serious
- 1680, John Dryden, Ovid's Epistles
- No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230d.
- Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
- (of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.
- Synonyms: muted, subdued
- Subdued; solemn; grave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
- (Scotland) Poor; feeble.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- teetotaller
Verb
sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)
- (often with up) To make or become sober.
- (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
- To moderate one's feelings.
Translations
Anagrams
- Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, bores, brose, robes
Danish
Etymology
From French sobre, from Latin sobrius.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?b?r
Adjective
sober
- sober (in character; moderate; realistic; serious)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sober, from Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius. Doublet of zuiver.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?b?r
Adjective
sober (comparative soberder, superlative soberst)
- simple, plain, austere
Inflection
Synonyms
- eenvoudig
Antonyms
- overdadig
Swedish
Etymology
From French sobre.
Adjective
sober (comparative sobrare, superlative sobrast)
- moderate
- stylish, discreetly tasteful
Inflection
References
- sober in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sober in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sober in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
sober From the web:
- what sobers you up
- what sober couldn't say
- what sober means
- what sober couldn't say halestorm lyrics
- what sobers you up from alcohol
- what sobers someone up
- what sobers you up after drinking
- what sober you up fast
fixed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
fixed
- simple past tense and past participle of fix
Adjective
fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)
- Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
- fixed assets
- I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.
- Every religion has its own fixed ideas.
- He looked at me with a fixed glare.
- Stationary.
- Attached; affixed.
- Chemically stable.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
- In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
- a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Repaired
Synonyms
- (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile
Antonyms
- (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- broken
- crooked
- bribe
Anagrams
- defix
fixed From the web:
- what fixed the great depression
- what fixed the articles of confederation
- what fixed rate means
- what fixed political machines
- what fixed expenses
- what fixed income investments
- what fixed and variable cost
- what fixed the dust bowl
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