Antonyms for drunkenness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : druhng-kuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kən

Definition of drunkenness

Origin : Old English druncennysse; see drunken + -ness.

noun inebriety

Example sentences :

In sharp contrast to this, the drunkenness of Callidamates in Most.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

This is conviviality; but it has no relation to drunkenness.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

But such a scene of drunkenness was hardly ever seen in this country.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

The sexual passion has often been compared to drunkenness or to mental disease.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

The driver had been drinking and in his drunkenness he had thrashed the poor beast.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

A latent chivalry held him which no depths of drunkenness could drown.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

And as for the drunkenness, I'd like to know who's seen Mr. Thomas drunk.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The world was full of oppression, and envy, and drunkenness, and vain pleasures.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

But the power of words was lost in the drunkenness of his rage.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Touching their drunkenness and the trifle of rioting, what soldiers have not these faults?
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Synonyms for drunkenness

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