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