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DRUNKENNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Example:
drink was his downfall
Synonyms:
boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drunkenness" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drunkenness"):
drinking bout (a long period of drinking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Synonyms:
drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("drunkenness" is a kind of...):
temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drunkenness"):
grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)
sottishness (stupefaction from drink)
Antonym:
soberness (the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol)
Derivation:
drunken (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
alcohol addiction; alcoholism; drunkenness; inebriation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("drunkenness" is a kind of...):
drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))
