- 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
--1 is a kind of drug addiction, white plague
Derived forms: verb inebriate2, verb inebriate3 - drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
--2 is a kind of temporary state
--2 has particulars: grogginess; sottishnessDerived forms: verb inebriate2, verb inebriate3