drunkenness

Meanings

Plural: drunkennesses

Noun

• a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
• 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
• the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
• A state of being drunk.

Synonyms

alcohol addiction, alcoholism, alecy, boozing, brick in one's hat, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, pissedness, staggers and jags, tipsiness

Antonyms

drunkenness, soberness, sobriety

Related Words

alcoholic, borrachera, drunk, drunkard, drunken