drunkenness

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drunkenness

  • /ˈdɹʌŋkən.nəs/

noun drunkennesses · dronkennesse

  1. uncountable, usually A state of being drunk. But presently the fumes of the wine rising to his head, he became helplessly drunk and his side-muscles and limbs relaxed and he swayed to and fro on my back. When I saw that he had lost his senses for drunkenness, I put my head to his legs and, loosing them from my neck, stooped down well-nigh to t

    Similar: alecy, brick in one's hat, drunkenness, fuddling, pissedness, temulence, temulency, staggers and jags

Opposite: soberness, abstemiousness, abstention, abstentiousness, sobriety, teetotaling

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noun state of being drunk

Españolborrachera, embriaguez, pedo, cogorza, escabio, pichinga
日本語酩酊 meitei
中文醉態 /醉态 zuìtài, 酒醉 jiǔzuì, 酩酊 mǐngdǐng
Kiswahiliulevi, nishai
Portuguêsbebedeira, embriaguez, tosga
Françaisébriété, ivresse
DeutschTrunkenheit, Betrunkenheit, Alkoholberauschung, Alkoholberauschtheit
Italianosbornia, sbronza, ubriacatura, ubriachezza, ciucca
Ελληνικάμέθη méthi, μεθύσι methýsi
Românăbeție
Русскийопьяне́ние opʹjanénije, пья́нство pʹjánstvo, подпитие podpítije, градус grádus
العربيةسُكْر sukr
עבריתשכרון shikharón

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@misc{drunkenness_2026,
  title = {drunkenness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drunkenness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}