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drunkenness

drunkenness

20 4.4
A state of being very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
  • noun
  • /ˈdrʌŋkənnəs/
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  • In the event of drunkenness, mine, not yours, I shall ask of you a depth of understanding one may expect only from children.
  • drunkenness arrests
  • public drunkenness
  • drunkenness and prostitution

All of that comes out during times of drunkenness and looks mean.

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Examples

  • All this time, Vince felt calm and assured, and he swam in his light drunkenness with some abandon.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Dublin bustled with pregame drunkenness, everyone spilling out of the pubs in their green-and-yellow jerseys.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • All of that comes out during times of drunkenness and looks mean.

    DoctorRamani

  • You want to talk about your constant drunkenness? - Huh?

    The Sisters Brothers (2018)

  • To that perfect stage of drunkenness.

    The Ice Harvest (2005)

  • I love you as I love war and drunkenness.

    The Three Musketeers (1948)

  • The combination of the late hour and your drunkenness allows for communication of exceptional honesty.

    Holmes & Watson (2018)

  • And there was rioting and drunkenness, for they had become servants of sin.

    The Ten Commandments (1956)

  • By the late 1880s, for example, Eliza Lestrange had over 50 convictions for vagrancy, drunkenness, and abusive conduct.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The man was charged with public drunkenness and taken to the Cherokee County jail.

Synonyms

intoxication
vsdrunkenness
11 5.1

A temporary state when alcohol makes you lose control of your body and mind

focuses on the condition itself rather than on lost control
inebriation
vsdrunkenness
  • Formal
3 7.6

Being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is the everyday term for that same state rather than formal usage
inebriety
vsdrunkenness
  • Formal
1 9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is the general word for the condition without stressing temporariness
insobriety
vsdrunkenness
9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is the neutral name for the state regardless of how long it lasts
booziness
vsdrunkenness
8.2

A strong liking for alcohol that makes a person drink too much

refers only to the condition caused by excess alcohol consumption
sottishness
vsdrunkenness
  • Archaic
9.9

Being often drunk from drinking too much alcohol

describes the state itself, not a repeated pattern of behavior
tipsiness
vsdrunkenness
  • Informal
5.6

A light feeling of being a little drunk after drinking alcohol

denotes a fuller state caused by drinking too much rather than mildness

Antonyms

sobriety
49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

How Intoxicated

drunkenness
20 4.4
tipsiness
  • Informal
5.6
sobriety
49 4.6

Surface Forms

drunkenness singular
drunkennesses plural

Morphology

drunkenness = drunken (transparent) = drunk + en + ness

The noun is a straightforward formation from the adjective 'drunken' (itself formed from 'drunk' + '-en'), expressing the state of being drunk.

Etymology

The word drunkenness comes from the common verb drink plus the old ending -en meaning 'made' and the ending -ness meaning 'state'. So drunkenness literally means the 'state' of being 'made drunk', which is why it means being drunk.