stone-sober

Thân thiện

A man is stone-sober after drinking only water all evening.

Definition

Adjective: - Completely sober; having consumed no alcohol or drugs that impair judgment or physical control. This term emphasizes an absolute, unaltered state of sobriety, often in contrast to a previous state of intoxication or in situations requiring clear-headedness.

Usage

The adjective "stone-sober" is used to describe a person's state with absolute certainty. It functions as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like be, feel, remain) or occasionally as an attributive adjective before a noun. It is often used for emphasis.

Examples

• Predicate Adjective:
  • After the accident, he swore to remain stone-sober when driving.
  • Despite the party atmosphere, she was stone-sober the entire evening.
• Attributive Adjective:
  • He gave a stone-sober account of the chaotic events. (Here, it can imply both literal sobriety and a serious, unembellished manner.)

Advanced Usage

• "stone-cold sober": An even more emphatic variant with identical meaning.
  • I need you to be stone-cold sober for this important meeting tomorrow.

Variants and Related Words

• Sober (adj): Not affected by alcohol; serious and solemn.
• Stone-cold sober (adj. phrase): A reinforced synonym for "stone-sober."
• Teetotal (adj): Abstaining completely from alcoholic drinks.

Synonyms

• Completely sober
• Totally sober
• Cold sober

Antonyms

• Drunk
• Intoxicated
• Inebriated
• Wasted (slang)

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

• (As) sober as a judge: An idiom meaning completely sober and very serious.
  • He was as sober as a judge when he made the decision.
• "Stone-sober" itself often functions as an idiomatic intensifier of "sober."

Học thuật

Adjective

1. totally sober

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cold sober