| NOUN | state | inebriation, alcoholism, alcohol addiction, drunkenness | habitual intoxication |
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| state | inebriation, drunkenness, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety | a temporary state resulting from excessive 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, drunkenness | |
| Broader | drug addiction, white plague | An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
| Spanish | alcoholismo | |
| Catalan | alcoholisme | |
| Verbs | inebriate | become drunk or drink excessively |
| inebriate | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | |
| Meaning | A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol. | |
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| Synonyms | drunkenness, 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 | |
| Verbs | inebriate | become drunk or drink excessively |
| inebriate | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | |
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