DRUNKENNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does drunkenness mean?
• DRUNKENNESS (noun)
The noun DRUNKENNESS has 3 senses:
1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
2. 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
3. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Familiarity information: DRUNKENNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DRUNKENNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
tipsiness; insobriety; inebriety; drunkenness; inebriation; intoxication
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)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
alcohol addiction; alcoholism; inebriation; drunkenness
Hypernyms ("drunkenness" is a kind of...):
drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))
Meaning:
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness
Context example:
drink was his downfall
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)
