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单词 insobriety
释义

insobriety

noun

in·​so·​bri·​ety ˌin-sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē How to pronounce insobriety (audio)
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: lack of sobriety or moderation
especially : intemperance in drinking

Synonyms

  • excess
  • excessiveness
  • exorbitance
  • immoderacy
  • immoderation
  • intemperance
  • intemperateness
  • nimiety
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Example Sentences

a short, unhappy life characterized chiefly by insobriety her once-promising singing career was undermined by insobriety and emotional instability
Recent Examples on the Web Morel-Cruz stayed at the scene, where he was arrested after officers determined his insobriety with field tests. Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

insobriety

noun

1
as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits a short, unhappy life characterized chiefly by insobriety

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • excessiveness
  • immoderation
  • excess
  • exorbitance
  • intemperance
  • extremism
  • immoderacy
  • unreasonableness
  • extravagance
  • intemperateness
  • irrationality
  • nimiety
  • prodigality
  • radicalism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • temperance
  • moderation
  • moderateness
  • temperateness
2
as in alcoholism
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants her once-promising singing career was undermined by insobriety and emotional instability

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • alcoholism
  • drunkenness
  • intemperance
  • inebriety
  • intoxication
  • intemperateness
  • dissoluteness
  • dipsomania
  • debauchery
  • bibulousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sobriety
  • temperance
  • abstinence
  • teetotalism
  • abstention
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