Synonyms for drunkenness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : druhng-kuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kən |
Définition of drunkenness
Origin :- Old English druncennysse; see drunken + -ness.
- noun inebriety
- 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
Antonyms for drunkenness
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