Noun drunkenness has 3 senses
- drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
--1 is a kind of temporary state
Antonyms: soberness, sobriety
--1 has particulars: grogginess; sottishness
- alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness - 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
--2 is a kind of drug addiction, white plague
- drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
--3 is a kind of intemperance, intemperateness
--3 has particulars: drinking bout
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