Drunkenness synonyms and antonyms

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inebriety
The state of being inebriated; inebriation, drunkenness.
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intoxication
The condition of being mentally or physically impaired due to the ingestion of alcohol or drugs.
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insobriety
(Humorous or humorous) The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety.
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dipsomania
An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
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inebriation
The state or characteristic of drunkenness.
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intemperance
Lack of moderation or temperance; excess
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alcoholism
A progressive, potentially fatal disease characterized by the excessive and compulsive consumption of alcoholic beverages and physiological and psychological dependence on alcohol. Chronic alcoholism usually results in liver and other organ damage, nutritional deficiencies and impaired social functioning.
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tipsiness
The property of being tipsy.
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crapulence
Gross intemperance, esp. in drinking
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heavy drinking
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boozing
The act of drinking heavily.
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guzzling
Greedy eating or drinking
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pickle
(Slang) A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
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glow
The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
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mellowness
The property of being mellow.
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jag
A drinking spree
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head full of bees
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abstinence (antonym)
The act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite or desire, especially for alcoholic drink or sexual intercourse.
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sobriety (antonym)
Temperance or moderation, esp. in the use of alcoholic liquor
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temperance (antonym)
Abstinence from or moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages.
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drinking-bout (related)
Alternative spelling of drinking-bout.
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drugs (related)
Plural form of drug
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drink
(Slang) A body of water; the sea:
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drinking
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
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alcohol addiction
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
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soberness (antonym)
The state or quality of being sober.
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besottedness
The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness
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drunkeness (related)
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debauchery (related)
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licentiousness (related)
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immorality (related)
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rowdiness (related)
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self-abuse (related)
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promiscuity (related)
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gluttony (related)
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Drunkenness Sentence Examples

  • The drunkenness produced by kava is of a melancholy, silent and drowsy character.

  • In the same year he wrote a very popular treatise against drunkenness.

  • Though aloe-beer or " pulque " was allowed for feasts and to invalids in moderation, and old people over seventy seem to be represented in one of the picture-writings as having liberty of drunkenness, young men found drunk were clubbed to death and young women stoned.

  • Maize, beans and bananas, varied occasionally with dried meat and fresh pork, form their staple diet; drunkenness is common on pay-days and festivals, when large quantities of a fiery brandy called chicha are consumed.

  • Grounds for divorce are impotence of either party at time of marriage, previous marriage, adultery, wilful desertion for two years, habitual drunkenness, attempt on life, extreme and repeated cruelty, and conviction of felony or other infamous crime.

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