noun
Meaning 1
A state of being drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drunkenness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹʌŋkən.nəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- drink was his downfall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drink, drinking, boozing, crapulence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intemperance, intemperateness
Narrower terms: drinking bout
noun
Meaning 3
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety
Antonyms: soberness
Broader terms: temporary state
Narrower terms: grogginess, sottishness
noun
Meaning 4
habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drug addiction, white plague
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سُكْرٌ (sukrun) — state of being drunk
- Asturian: borrachera — state of being drunk
- Asturian: enfile — state of being drunk
- Basque: mozkorraldi — state of being drunk
- Bulgarian: опиянение (opijanenie) — state of being drunk
- Catalan: embriaguesa — state of being drunk
- Catalan: turca — state of being drunk
- Catalan: borratxera — state of being drunk
- Cebuano: kahubog — state of being drunk
- Chinese Mandarin: 醉態 /醉态 (zuìtài) — state of being drunk
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒醉 (jiǔzuì) — state of being drunk
- Chinese Mandarin: 酩酊 (mǐngdǐng) — state of being drunk
- Czech: opilost — state of being drunk
- Danish: fuldskab — state of being drunk
- Dutch: dronkenschap — state of being drunk
- Esperanto: ebriiĝo — state of being drunk
- Finnish: juopumus — state of being drunk
- Finnish: päihtymys — state of being drunk
- Finnish: humalatila — state of being drunk
- Finnish: känni — state of being drunk
- Finnish: känä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: maistissa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: päissään — state of being drunk
- Finnish: sievässä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: pienessä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: simassa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: hutikassa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: jurri — state of being drunk
- Finnish: kaljoissa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: humala — state of being drunk
- Finnish: kuositus — state of being drunk
- Finnish: huppeli — state of being drunk
- Finnish: hiprakka — state of being drunk
- Finnish: pöhnä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: perse olalla — state of being drunk
- Finnish: umpitunneli — state of being drunk
- Finnish: kaatokänni — state of being drunk
- Finnish: nakit silmillä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: perskänni — state of being drunk
- Finnish: räkäkänni — state of being drunk
- Finnish: taikinoissa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: änkyräkänni — state of being drunk
- Finnish: perseet — state of being drunk
- Finnish: pää täynnä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: naamat — state of being drunk
- Finnish: tuuba — state of being drunk
- Finnish: kaasu — state of being drunk
- Finnish: huuru — state of being drunk
- Finnish: pieru — state of being drunk
- Finnish: pleksit — state of being drunk
- Finnish: tutkalla — state of being drunk
- Finnish: lärvit — state of being drunk
- Finnish: tuiskeessa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: tuiterissa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: tujussa — state of being drunk
- Finnish: seipäässä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: flänässä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: hönössä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: seilissä — state of being drunk
- Finnish: fyllassa — state of being drunk
- French: ébriété — state of being drunk
- French: ivresse — state of being drunk
- Galician: borracheira — state of being drunk
- Galician: peido — state of being drunk
- Galician: moca — state of being drunk
- German: Trunkenheit — state of being drunk
- German: Betrunkenheit — state of being drunk
- German: Alkoholberauschung — state of being drunk
- German: Alkoholberauschtheit — state of being drunk
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (drugkanei) — state of being drunk
- Greek: μέθη (méthi) — state of being drunk
- Greek: μεθύσι (methýsi) — state of being drunk
- Ancient Greek: μέθη (méthē) — state of being drunk
- Hebrew: שכרון (shikharón) — state of being drunk
- Hungarian: részegség — state of being drunk
- Icelandic: ölvun — state of being drunk
- Icelandic: drykkjuskapur — state of being drunk
- Icelandic: óregla — state of being drunk
- Icelandic: ölæði — state of being drunk
- Ido: ebrieso — state of being drunk
- Ilocano: bartek — state of being drunk
- Irish: meisce — state of being drunk
- Italian: sbornia — state of being drunk
- Italian: sbronza — state of being drunk
- Italian: ubriacatura — state of being drunk
- Italian: ubriachezza — state of being drunk
- Italian: ciucca — state of being drunk
- Ivatan: kavuuk — state of being drunk
- Japanese: 酩酊 (meitei) — state of being drunk
- Latin: ēbrietās — state of being drunk
- Lun Bawang: abuk — state of being drunk
- Manx: meshtallys — state of being drunk
- Manx: scooyr — state of being drunk
- Norman: bouaissonn'nie — state of being drunk
- Norman: béthie — state of being drunk
- Norman: ivrouongn'nie — state of being drunk
- Persian: مستی (masti) — state of being drunk
- Polish: pijaństwo — state of being drunk
- Portuguese: bebedeira — state of being drunk
- Portuguese: embriaguez — state of being drunk
- Portuguese: tosga — state of being drunk
- Romanian: beție — state of being drunk
- Russian: опьяне́ние (opʹjanénije) — state of being drunk
- Russian: пья́нство (pʹjánstvo) — state of being drunk
- Russian: подпитие (podpítije) — state of being drunk
- Russian: градус (grádus) — state of being drunk
- Scottish Gaelic: daorach — state of being drunk
- Scottish Gaelic: misg — state of being drunk
- Scottish Gaelic: smùid — state of being drunk
- Spanish: borrachera — state of being drunk
- Spanish: embriaguez — state of being drunk
- Spanish: pedo — state of being drunk
- Spanish: cogorza — state of being drunk
- Spanish: escabio — state of being drunk
- Spanish: pichinga — state of being drunk
- Spanish: guasca — state of being drunk
- Spanish: huasca — state of being drunk
- Spanish: mierda — state of being drunk
- Swahili: ulevi — state of being drunk
- Swahili: nishai — state of being drunk
- Swedish: fylla — state of being drunk
- Tagalog: kalasingan — state of being drunk
- Telugu: మత్తు (mattu) — state of being drunk
- Turkish: sarhoşluk — state of being drunk
- Ottoman Turkish: سرخوشلق (sarhoşluk) — state of being drunk
- Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎗𐎐 (škrn) — state of being drunk
- Ukrainian: сп'яні́ння (spʺjanínnja) — state of being drunk
- Ukrainian: хміль (xmilʹ) — state of being drunk
- Unami: kiwsuwakàn — state of being drunk
- Welsh: meddwdod — state of being drunk
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