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nounthe act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
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nounhabitual 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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nouna temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
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Definition that contains drunkenness
- foggy stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- dazed stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- groggy stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- stupefy make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- logy stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- stuporous stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- aspiration pneumonia inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
- besot make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation