sobersided

so·ber·sid·ed

adjective \ˌsō-bər-ˈsī-dəd\

Definition of SOBERSIDED

: solemn or serious in nature or appearance

— so·ber·sid·ed·ness \-nəs\ noun

Examples of SOBERSIDED

1. <a surprisingly sobersided biography of a great comedian>

First Known Use of SOBERSIDED

1805

Related to SOBERSIDED

Synonyms

earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced [British], sedate, severe, sober, serious, solemn, staid, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty

Antonyms

facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful

Related Words

harsh, stern, strict; businesslike, professional; dignified, distinguished, elevated, serious-minded; gloomy, grim

Near Antonyms

antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious; featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained; absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany

Rhymes with SOBERSIDED

many-sided