Meaning of INEBRIATION
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- [n] a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- [n] 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
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| | Synonyms: | | alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness |
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| | Antonyms: | | soberness, sobriety | | |
| | See Also: | | drug addiction, grogginess, sottishness, temporary state, white plague | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*e`bri*a"tion\, n. [L. inebriatio.]
The condition of being inebriated; intoxication;
figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything
that exhilarates, as success. --Sir T. Browne.
Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity.
--Macaulay.
Syn: See {Drunkenness}.
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| | Related Terms: | | a high, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness, Dutch courage, fuddle, fuddledness, fuddlement, hangover, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, katzenjammer, morning after, pot-valiance, pot-valor, sottedness, tipsiness |
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