Drunkenness
['drʌŋkənnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
Checked by Keith--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.
(n.) Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.
Checker: Luther
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Intoxication, inebriety, ebriety.[2]. Sottishness.
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Examples
- It is not fair to say drunkenness, Pilar said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But since I have had experiences which demonstrate that drunkenness is the same in my country. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was, however, in the obstinate phase of drunkenness, and he returned by another entrance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is what Noah says when he wakes out of drunkenness and realizes that his youngest son, Ham, father of Canaan, has seen him naked. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The knowledge that drunkenness or insanity has been prevalent in a family may be the best safeguard against their recurrence in a future generation. Plato. The Republic.
- In the next place, drunkenness and softness and indolence are utterly unbecoming the character of our guardians. Plato. The Republic.
- But I am as much puzzled to account for his sudden assumption of drunkenness as Gooseberry himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then our brother was drawn--swiftly--to drunkenness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was embarrassed at the drunkenness of Pablo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The lines now were neither straight nor orderly and there was much and very grave drunkenness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For, yet, they were a long way from drunkenness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It deserves to be remarked, too, that if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Under the spell of it men try to stop drunkenness by closing the saloons; when poolrooms shock them they call a policeman; if Haywood becomes annoying, they procure an injunction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She felt that half this folly must be drunkenness, and therefore could hope that it might belong only to the passing hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Speaking of the drunkenness of the lines, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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