drunkenness

Plural: drunkennesses

Noun

• a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
• 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
• the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
• A state of being drunk.

Synonyms

alcohol addiction, alcoholism, boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness, alecy, brick in one's hat, drunkenness, pissedness, staggers and jags

Antonyms

soberness, drunkenness#Antonyms, sobriety

Related Words

alcoholic, borrachera, drunk, drunkard, drunken