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drunkenness
n.
inebriety, intoxication, drunken state
Alcohol intoxication
Alcohol intoxication (also known as
drunkenness or
inebriation) is a physiological state (that may also include psychological alterations of consciousness) induced by the ingestion of
ethanol (alcohol).
drunkenness
Noun
1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
(synonym) inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness
(antonym) soberness, sobriety
(hypernym) temporary state
(hyponym) grogginess
2. Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
(synonym) alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation
(hypernym) drug addiction, white plague
3. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
(synonym) drink, drinking, boozing, crapulence
(hypernym) intemperance, intemperateness
(hyponym) drinking bout
drunkenness
n.
opilost
Drunkenness
(n.)
The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.
(n.)
Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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