Synonyms for drunkenness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : druhng-kuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kən


Définition of drunkenness

Origin :
  • Old English druncennysse; see drunken + -ness.
  • noun inebriety
Example sentences :
  • In sharp contrast to this, the drunkenness of Callidamates in Most.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • This is conviviality; but it has no relation to drunkenness.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • But such a scene of drunkenness was hardly ever seen in this country.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • The sexual passion has often been compared to drunkenness or to mental disease.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The driver had been drinking and in his drunkenness he had thrashed the poor beast.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • A latent chivalry held him which no depths of drunkenness could drown.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And as for the drunkenness, I'd like to know who's seen Mr. Thomas drunk.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The world was full of oppression, and envy, and drunkenness, and vain pleasures.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • But the power of words was lost in the drunkenness of his rage.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Touching their drunkenness and the trifle of rioting, what soldiers have not these faults?
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Antonyms for drunkenness

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