Dictionary

drunkenness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹʌŋkən.nəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English drunken Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English drunkenness From drunken + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A state of being drunk.
   • The Englishman had a reputation throughout Europe for gluttony; it was said that overeating was the English vice, just as lust was the French vice and drunkenness the German vice. Some Englishmen became very fat, and were famous for being so. Henry VIII ate enormous meals, but as a young man he was slim, perhaps because he always took a great deal of physical exercise. By the time that he was forty-five he was suffering from painful ulcers in his leg which prevented him from riding or walking without the greatest difficulty; but though he ceased to take exercise, he ate as much as ever. He then became very fat. 1988, Jasper Ridley, A Brief History of the Tudor Age::
   • 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 the ground and threw him at full length, […] 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:

Forms

Antonyms

sobriety · abstemiousness · abstention · teetotaling · soberness · abstentiousness

Coordinates

alcohol poisoning

Hypernyms

inebriety · buzz · inebriation · All are synonymous when the drug is not otherwise specified · intoxication · inebriacy · inebrity · insobriety

Relateds

drunk · alcoholic beverage · punch-drunkenness · drunken · drunkard · alcoholic · borrachera

Synonyms

staggers and jags · temulence · pissedness · fuddling · alecy · drunkenness · brick in one's hat · temulency

Translations (130)

fi seilissä (state of being drunk) · fi hiprakka (state of being drunk) · eu mozkorraldi (state of being drunk) · gl borracheira (state of being drunk) · fi tutkalla (state of being drunk) · ivv kavuuk (state of being drunk) · fi päihtymys (state of being drunk) · es pichinga (state of being drunk) · nrf ivrouongn'nie (state of being drunk) · sv fylla (state of being drunk) · fi maistissa (state of being drunk) · te మత్తు (state of being drunk) · de Betrunkenheit (state of being drunk) · it sbornia (state of being drunk) · de Alkoholberauschtheit (state of being drunk) · ilo bartek (state of being drunk) · it ciucca (state of being drunk) · fi känni (state of being drunk) · de Alkoholberauschung (state of being drunk) · fi päissään (state of being drunk) · es pedo (state of being drunk) · fi kaasu (state of being drunk) · hu részegség (state of being drunk) · de Trunkenheit (state of being drunk) · fi kuositus (state of being drunk) · ru подпитие (state of being drunk) · gv scooyr (state of being drunk) · grc μέθη (state of being drunk) · is óregla (state of being drunk) · fr ivresse (state of being drunk) · fi juopumus (state of being drunk) · sw ulevi (state of being drunk) · fi nakit silmillä (state of being drunk) · cs opilost (state of being drunk) · la ēbrietās (state of being drunk) · fi pöhnä (state of being drunk) · fi huuru (state of being drunk) · it sbronza (state of being drunk) · nrf bouaissonn'nie (state of being drunk) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (state of being drunk) · fi pienessä (state of being drunk) · ru опьяне́ние (state of being drunk) · fi flänässä (state of being drunk) · pt embriaguez (state of being drunk) · fi pää täynnä (state of being drunk) · cmn 酒醉 (state of being drunk) · it ubriachezza (state of being drunk) · cmn 醉態 /醉态 (state of being drunk) · nrf béthie (state of being drunk) · es cogorza (state of being drunk) · ast enfile (state of being drunk) · ru градус (state of being drunk) · fi känä (state of being drunk) · ca borratxera (state of being drunk) · ota سرخوشلق (state of being drunk) · lnd abuk (state of being drunk) · fr ébriété (state of being drunk) · fi jurri (state of being drunk) · cy meddwdod (state of being drunk) · es borrachera (state of being drunk) · ar سُكْرٌ (state of being drunk) · gl moca (state of being drunk) · fi hönössä (state of being drunk) · fi pleksit (state of being drunk) · fi simassa (state of being drunk) · fa مستی (state of being drunk) · ro beție (state of being drunk) · fi kaatokänni (state of being drunk) · ceb kahubog (state of being drunk) · fi huppeli (state of being drunk) · fi tuiskeessa (state of being drunk) · es embriaguez (state of being drunk) · is ölæði (state of being drunk) · ru пья́нство (state of being drunk) · nl dronkenschap (state of being drunk) · fi humalatila (state of being drunk) · da fuldskab (state of being drunk) · fi naamat (state of being drunk) · es guasca (state of being drunk) · fi änkyräkänni (state of being drunk) · ca embriaguesa (state of being drunk) · fi umpitunneli (state of being drunk) · cmn 酩酊 (state of being drunk) · fi perskänni (state of being drunk) · fi kaljoissa (state of being drunk) · uga 𐎌𐎋𐎗𐎐 (state of being drunk) · fi perse olalla (state of being drunk) · es escabio (state of being drunk) · tl kalasingan (state of being drunk) · sw nishai (state of being drunk) · it ubriacatura (state of being drunk) · ja 酩酊 (state of being drunk) · fi tuuba (state of being drunk) · fi räkäkänni (state of being drunk) · pt tosga (state of being drunk) · eo ebriiĝo (state of being drunk) · es huasca (state of being drunk) · fi seipäässä (state of being drunk) · is ölvun (state of being drunk) · es mierda (state of being drunk) · el μέθη (state of being drunk) · unm kiwsuwakàn (state of being drunk) · uk хміль (state of being drunk) · gd smùid (state of being drunk) · gl peido (state of being drunk) · he שכרון (state of being drunk) · fi taikinoissa (state of being drunk) · bg опиянение (state of being drunk) · pl pijaństwo (state of being drunk) · gv meshtallys (state of being drunk) · ca turca (state of being drunk) · ga meisce (state of being drunk) · ast borrachera (state of being drunk) · tr sarhoşluk (state of being drunk) · is drykkjuskapur (state of being drunk) · fi humala (state of being drunk) · pt bebedeira (state of being drunk) · uk сп'яні́ння (state of being drunk) · fi lärvit (state of being drunk) · fi pieru (state of being drunk) · el μεθύσι (state of being drunk) · gd misg (state of being drunk) · fi tujussa (state of being drunk) · fi hutikassa (state of being drunk) · gd daorach (state of being drunk) · io ebrieso (state of being drunk) · fi tuiterissa (state of being drunk) · fi sievässä (state of being drunk) · fi perseet (state of being drunk) · fi fyllassa (state of being drunk)