| NOUN | state | drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety | a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol |
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| state | drunkenness, alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation | habitual intoxication | |
| act | drunkenness, drink, drinking, boozing, crapulence | the act of drinking / drinking alcoholic beverages to excess |
| Sounds | drah'ngkahnnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol. | |
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| Synonyms | inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety | |
| Narrower | grogginess | A dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol |
| sottishness | stupefaction from drink | |
| Broader | temporary state | A state that continues for a limited time |
| Opposite | soberness, sobriety | The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol |
| Spanish | borrachera, ebriedad, embriaguez | |
| Catalan | borratxera, ebrietat, embriaguesa | |
| Adjectives | drunken | given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation | |
| Broader | drug addiction, white plague | An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
| Spanish | alcoholismo | |
| Catalan | alcoholisme | |
| Meaning | The act of drinking / drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. | |
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| Synonyms | drink, drinking, boozing, crapulence | |
| Narrower | drinking bout | A long period of drinking |
| Broader | intemperance, intemperateness | consumption of alcoholic drinks |
| Spanish | beber, bebida | |
| Catalan | beguda, beure, bevèrria | |
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