drunkenness

(noun)

noun

1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Similar word(s): inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness

Definition categories: state

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

Similar word(s): alcoholism, inebriation

Definition categories: state

3. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Similar word(s): boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking

Definition categories: act, intemperance, intemperateness