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Inebriation

The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.

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Grogginess 76% connected

State of being groggy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

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Soak 74% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Soak 74% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Alcoholism 92% connected

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Drunkenness 92% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inebriety 92% connected

Drunkenness; inebriation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Insobriety 92% connected

Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Intoxication 92% connected

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tipsiness 92% connected

The state of being tipsy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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