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INSOBRIETY

Dictionary entry overview: What does insobriety mean?

• INSOBRIETY (noun)
The noun INSOBRIETY has 1 sense:

1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Familiarity information: INSOBRIETY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSOBRIETY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

drunkenness; inebriety; insobriety; tipsiness; inebriation; intoxication

Hypernyms ("insobriety" is a kind of...):

temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insobriety"):

grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)

sottishness (stupefaction from drink)

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