drunkenness

drunk·en  (drngkn)

adj.

1. Delirious with or as if with strong drink; intoxicated.

2. Habitually drunk.

3. Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication: a drunken brawl. See Usage Note at drunk.

4. Cooked with wine or another alcoholic beverage: drunken mushrooms.

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drunken·ly adv.

drunken·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drunkenness - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness, inebriation, intoxication temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time grogginess - a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol sottishness - stupefaction from drink soberness, sobriety - the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
	2.	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 alcohol addiction, alcoholism, inebriation drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
	3.	drunkenness - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking intemperateness, intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks drinking bout - a long period of drinking

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drunkenness

noun intoxication, alcoholism, intemperance, inebriation, dipsomania, tipsiness, insobriety, bibulousness, sottishness Even in his drunkenness, he recognized her.

Quotations
"Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise" [Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote]
"What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts" [Horace Epistles]

Translations

drunkenness [ˈdrʌŋkənnɪs] N (= state) → borrachera f, embriaguez f (more frm); (= habit, problem) → alcoholismo m

drunkenness [ˈdrʌŋkənnɪs] n (= state) → ivresse f (= habit) → ivrognerie f

drunkenness

n (= state) → Betrunkenheit f; (= habit, problem) → Trunksucht f

drunkenness [ˈdrʌŋk/ənnɪs] n (state) → ubriachezza, ebbrezza; (habit, problem) → abuso di alcolici

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drunkenness [ˈdrʌŋk/ənnɪs] n (state) → ubriachezza, ebbrezza; (habit, problem) → abuso di alcolici