drunkenness
Syllables: drunk·en·ness/ˈdɹʌŋkən.nəs/
drunkenness noun: a state of being drunk.
Noun
drunkenness (usually uncountable, plural drunkennesses)
- 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...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
- 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...1988, Jasper Ridley, A Brief History of the Tudor Age
- Synonyms:
- alecy, brick in one's hat, fuddling, pissedness, temulence, temulency, staggers and jags
drunkenness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
drunkenness in Tamil
- குடிமயக்கம், குடிபோதை
drunkenness in Urdu
- مدہوشی, مستی, نشہ, رندی
drunkenness in Telugu
- state of being drunk
- మత్తు mattu
drunkenness in Malayalam
- inebriation, intoxication, insobriety
- കുടി, ലഹരി, ഹരം, ലഹരിപിടിച്ച അവസ്ഥ, പറ്റ്, ലഹരിപിടിത്തം
More languagesFewer languages
- drunkenness in Kannada
- ಮತ್ತತೆ, ಮಾದಕ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಮಂಪರು
- drunkenness in Tagalog
- kalasingan
- drunkenness in Arabic
- سُكْرٌ sukrun
- drunkenness in Persian
- مستی masti
Examples of drunkenness in a sentence
- 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:
- 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.1988, Jasper Ridley, A Brief History of the Tudor Age::
Synonyms of drunkenness
Antonyms
Forms of drunkenness
| plural | drunkennesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | dronkennesse |
Origin of drunkenness
From drunken + -ness.
Questions about drunkenness
- What does drunkenness mean?
- Drunkenness means a state of being drunk.
- What is drunkenness in Tamil?
- Drunkenness in Tamil is குடிமயக்கம், குடிபோதை. See Drunkenness meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use drunkenness in a sentence?
- 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, […]
- What part of speech is drunkenness?
- Drunkenness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce drunkenness?
- Drunkenness is pronounced /ˈdɹʌŋkən.nəs/.
- What is the plural of drunkenness?
- The plural of drunkenness is drunkennesses.
Words near drunkenness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: drunkenness (page history and authors); drunkenness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drunkenness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drunkenness (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); drunkenness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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