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Meanings of drunkenness in English

Portuguese
bebedeira
Catalan
borratxera
Wikidata

A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.

bebedeira
Portuguese
bebida
Catalan
beure
Spanish
bebida

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

bebida
Portuguese
alcoolismo
Catalan
alcoholisme
Spanish
alcoholismo

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.

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Usage of drunkenness in English
1
You take one side or the other in the war against drunkenness.
The Abominations of Modern Society
2
In this case the charges were non-support and drunkenness and extreme cruelty.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
3
It is by the sloth, the drunkenness or the villainy of servants.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 / Swift's Wr...
4
It is never the kind of drunkenness you know in America, however.
On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
5
Objection 1: It would seem that drunkenness is the gravest of sins.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
6
Bad liquor is at the root of half the drunkenness I know.
Red Pottage
7
Their main revenues are drawn from the continual drunkenness of the people.
The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories
8
They passed with the utmost rapidity through all the stages of drunkenness.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
9
He was verging toward complete drunkenness, but in the meantime became amorous.
The Gray Dawn
10
In the meantime, you will consider yourself under an arrest for drunkenness.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
11
But it was not the drunkenness of wine which inspired his soul.
The Soul of the War
12
There had been a case or two of drunkenness at the hospital.
The Red Planet
13
Objection 1: It would seem that drunkenness is not a mortal sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
14
Objection 1: It would seem that drunkenness does not excuse from sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
15
But I do not read that he recanted the charge of drunkenness.
Historical Lectures and Essays
16
The abolition of drunkenness by local option is selfish, unpractical, and unscriptural.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
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Translations for drunkenness
Drunkenness through the time
Drunkenness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common