noun
1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑inebriation, ↑inebriety, ↑intoxication, ↑tipsiness, ↑insobriety
• Ant: ↑soberness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tipsy (for: ↑tipsiness), ↑intoxicate (for: ↑intoxication), ↑inebriate (for: ↑inebriation), ↑drunken
• Hypernyms: ↑temporary state
• Hyponyms: ↑grogginess, ↑sottishness
2. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
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drink was his downfall
• Syn: ↑drink, ↑drinking, ↑boozing, ↑crapulence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crapulous (for: ↑crapulence), ↑crapulent (for: ↑crapulence), ↑drink (for: ↑drinking), ↑drink (for: ↑drink)
• Hypernyms: ↑intemperance, ↑intemperateness
• Hyponyms: ↑drinking bout
3. 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
• Syn: ↑alcoholism, ↑alcohol addiction, ↑inebriation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inebriate (for: ↑inebriation)
• Hypernyms: ↑drug addiction, ↑white plague
Useful english dictionary. 2012.