Synonyms for sobering
sober·ing

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1. soberingadjective

   tending to make sober or more serious

   "the news had a sobering effect"

   Antonyms:
   frivolous

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1. List of paraphrases for "sobering":

   thought-provoking, instructive, bleak

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How to use sobering in a sentence?

1. Joshua White:

   Indian and Pakistani leaders have long evinced confidence that they can understand each other's deterrence signals and can de-escalate at will, the fact that some of the most basic facts, intentions and attempted strategic signals of this crisis are still shrouded in mystery ... should be a sobering reminder that neither country is in a position to easily control a crisis once it begins.

2. John Cryan:

   This is the first full-year loss since 2008, which is sobering.

3. Sylvester Turner:

   Unfortunately, the increase in homicides during the first month of 2022, including assaults on police officers and citizens is a sobering reminder that we must collectively strive for excellence as a community to combat our increasing crime challenges.

4. Deutsche Bank:

   It is sobering to think that gold prices would need to fall to around $ 750 to bring prices in real terms back towards long run historical averages.

5. World Athletics:

   There's a rather sobering statistic : 70 % of competitors that are chasing an Tokyo Olympics slot are only going to have one chance of this, to pull the plugs on an Olympic Games when football, tennis, rugby and so many other sports are now up and running -- and some even with crowds -- where cities are coming out of lockdown and are moving towards normalcy, I can see no good reason why you wouldn't want to do everything you possibly can to make sure that you're not discarding a generation of athletes who have spent over half their young lives in pursuit of this one moment which is real life for them and their families and their friends and the systems that have been in place to support them.