noun
- the state of being drunk or intoxicated
Usage: formal
Examples
- The officer cited him for public inebriety.
- His chronic inebriety cost him his job.
- The party descended into general inebriety by midnight.
- She struggled with periods of inebriety throughout her twenties.
- The law prohibits driving in a state of inebriety.
- His inebriety was evident from his slurred speech.