INEBRIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inebriation mean? 

• INEBRIATION (noun)
  The noun INEBRIATION has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

  Familiarity information: INEBRIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INEBRIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alcohol addiction; alcoholism; drunkenness; inebriation

Hypernyms ("inebriation" is a kind of...):

drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))

Derivation:

inebriate (become drunk or drink excessively)

inebriate (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness

Hypernyms ("inebriation" is a kind of...):

temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inebriation"):

grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)

sottishness (stupefaction from drink)

Derivation:

inebriate (become drunk or drink excessively)

inebriate (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))