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for Inebriation
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Inebriation \In*e`bri*a"tion\, n. [L. inebriatio.]
The condition of being inebriated; intoxication;
figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything
that exhilarates, as success. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity.
--Macaulay.
Syn: See Drunkenness.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
inebriation
n 1: 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 [syn: alcoholism, alcohol
addiction, inebriation, drunkenness]
2: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of
alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety,
intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness,
sobriety]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "inebriation":
Dutch courage, a high, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness,
fuddle, fuddledness, fuddlement, hangover, inebriety, insobriety,
intoxication, katzenjammer, morning after, pot-valiance, pot-valor,
sottedness, tipsiness
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