sobering

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Causing more sober thought or concern.

   It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again.

2. verb present participle and gerund of sober

Similar words

serious dismal alarming grim tragic disturbing disquieting troubling gloomy sad

Often followed by

effect thought to up experience and influence fact reminder