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Definition of drunkenness



Overview of noun drunkenness

The noun drunkenness has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety

(a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

2. 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)

3. drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence

(the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall")