English-Thai Dictionary

sobriety

N การงด เครื่องดื่ม อัลกอฮอล์ หรือ ยา  abstention temperance kan-ngod-krueng-duam-aek-ko-hor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOBRIETY

n.[L. sobrietas, from sobrius.] 1. Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors; as when we say. a man of sobriety.
2. Freedom from intoxication. Public sobriety is a relative duty.
3. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; as the sobriety of riper years; the sobriety of age.
4. Seriousness; gravity without sadness or melancholy. Mirth makes them not mad, nor sobriety sad.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOBRIETY

So *bri "e *ty, n. Etym: [L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobriété. See Sober. ]

 

1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety. Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone.

 

2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years. Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham.

 

Syn. -- Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness; moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sobriety

so bri e ty |səˈbrīətē, sō -səˈbraɪədi | ▶noun the state of being sober: the price of beer compelled me to maintain a certain level of sobriety. • the quality of being staid or solemn. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sobriete or Latin sobrietas, from sobrius (see sober ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

sobriety

sobriety |səˈbrʌɪəti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of being sober: the price of beer compelled me to maintain a certain level of sobriety. 2 the quality of being staid or solemn. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sobriete or Latin sobrietas, from sobrius (see sober ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sobriety

sobriety noun 1 she noted his sobriety: soberness, clearheadedness; abstinence, teetotalism, nonindulgence, abstemiousness, temperance. 2 the mayor is a model of sobriety: seriousness, solemnity, gravity, gravitas, dignity, levelheadedness, common sense, pragmatism, practicality, self-control, self-restraint, conservatism.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sobriety

sobriety noun 1 he hated her more in his sobriety than when he was drunk: soberness, clear-headedness; abstinence, teetotalism, non-indulgence, non-drinking; abstemiousness, temperance, moderation, moderateness. 2 his daughter had always been a model of sobriety: seriousness, solemnness, solemnity, thoughtfulness, gravity, graveness, sombreness, severity, earnestness, sedateness, staidness, dignity, dignified demeanour, steadiness, level-headedness, serious-mindedness, common sense, pragmatism, practicality, practicalness, self-control, self-restraint, conservatism, strictness, puritanism.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sobriety

so bri e ty /soʊbráɪəti /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 節度 (のある行動 ), まじめ .2 酒に酔っていないこと, しらふ ; 節酒 .～́ ch è ckpoint 酒気帯び運転を検査している地点 .