INTEMPERATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intemperateness mean? 

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

1. consumption of alcoholic drinks

2. excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence

  Familiarity information: INTEMPERATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEMPERATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consumption of alcoholic drinks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

intemperance; intemperateness

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

vice (a specific form of evildoing)

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

boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess)

Derivation:

intemperate (given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence

Context example:

the intemperance of their language

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

humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

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

fling; spree (a brief indulgence of your impulses)

dissipation; dissolution; licentiousness; looseness; profligacy (dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure)

jag (a bout of drinking or drug taking)

Derivation:

intemperate (given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors)

intemperate (excessive in behavior)