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INSOBRIETY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does insobriety mean?
• INSOBRIETY (noun)
The noun INSOBRIETY has 1 sense:
1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Familiarity information: INSOBRIETY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("insobriety" is a kind of...):
temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insobriety"):
grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)
sottishness (stupefaction from drink)
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