How do you pronounce sobering?

The recorded pronunciation is /sˈoʊbɚɪŋ/.

sobering

/sˈoʊbɚɪŋ/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

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present participle and gerund of sober

"It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again."
"For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed."

soberingly unsobering

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