insobriety

insobriety
n
1. drunkenness, intoxication, inebriety, inebriation, intemperance, sottedness, besottedness, tipsiness; alcoholism, chronic alcoholism, dipsomania, habitual drunkenness, bibulousness, bibulosity, bibacity, bibaciousness, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness.
2. drink, drinking, heavy or serious or problem drinking; imbibing, tippling, toping, bibition, biba-tibn, bibbing, bibbling, Rare. bibbery, Inf. boozing, Inf. swilling, Sl. hitting the bottle or sauce or booze, Brit. Sl. bevying.

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  • Insobriety — In so*bri e*ty, n. [Pref. in not + ?obriety: cf. F. insobri[ e]t[ e].] Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insobriety — index dipsomania, inebriation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • insobriety — 1610s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + SOBRIETY (Cf. sobriety) …   Etymology dictionary

  • insobriety — [in΄sō brī′ə tē, in΄səbrī′ə tē] n. lack of sobriety; intemperance, esp. in drinking …   English World dictionary

  • insobriety — noun Date: 1611 lack of sobriety or moderation; especially intemperance in drinking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • insobriety — /in seuh bruy i tee/, n. lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness. [1605 15; IN 3 + SOBRIETY] * * * …   Universalium

  • insobriety — noun The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety. Ant: sobriety …   Wiktionary

  • insobriety — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, a high, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness, fuddle, fuddledness, fuddlement, hangover, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, katzenjammer, morning after, pot valiance, pot valor, sottedness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • insobriety — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alcoholism, inebriety, intoxication; see drunkenness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: crapulence, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • insobriety — in·so·bri·e·ty || ‚ɪnsəʊ braɪətɪ n. drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • insobriety — noun drunkenness …   English new terms dictionary

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