drunkenness
State of inebriation
Drunkenness is the state of being drunk—impaired by alcohol to the point where coordination, judgment, and speech are affected.
The word covers everything from mild intoxication to complete incapacitation: arrested for public drunkenness, His drunkenness cost him his marriage.
It can describe a pattern of behavior as much as a single episode.
Mildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- sloshedVery intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
wasted · blotto · sozzled · besotted · pickled · soused · tanked · tight
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
profligacy · debauchery · overconsumption · dipsomania · alcoholism · addiction · dependency · stupor
Walk unsteadily, sway
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
- teeterSway without stability
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
sway · wobble · reel · careen · weave · shamble · falter · blunder
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
plastered · wasted · blotto · sozzled · besotted · pickled · soused · tanked · tight · groggy
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
dissipation · profligacy · debauchery · overconsumption · dipsomania · alcoholism · addiction · dependency · stupor · blackout
stagger
Walk unsteadily, sway
totter · sway · wobble · reel · careen · weave · shamble · falter · blunder · pitch
alcohol
Intoxicating hydroxyl compound
liquor · booze · whiskey · vodka · rum · gin · tequila · sake · soju · mezcal
carousal
Boisterous drinking spree
pub-crawl · spree · debauch · orgy · wassail · revel · merrymaking · booze-up · shindig · fiesta
- military offensesdesertion, insubordination, mutiny, AWOL, absence without leave
- forbidden actsblasphemy, idolatry, sacrilege, adultery, incest
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- intoxicationinebriated, intoxication, inebriation, impaired, buzzed
- intoxication effectseuphoria, dizziness, slurred speech, drowsiness, confusion
drunkennesssobriety
Unimpaired mental state
soberness · clearheadedness · lucidity · self-control · alertness
drunkennessteetotalism
Total sobriety as principle
abstinence · temperance · abstention · sobriety · prohibition
- public drunkennessBeing drunk in view
drink, drunk, drinking, drank, drinker, drunken, drunkard, drunks, drunkest