The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness.
Roget 954:
intemperance;
sensuality,
animalism,
carnality;
tragalism†;
pleasure;
effeminacy,
silkiness;
luxury,
luxuriousness;
lap of pleasure,
lap of luxury;
free living.
indulgence;
high living,
wild living,
inabstinence†,
self-indulgence;
voluptuousness
etc.
adj.;
epicurism,
epicureanism;
sybaritism;
drug habit.
dissipation;
licentiousness
etc.
adj.;
debauchery;
crapulence†.
revels,
revelry;
debauch,
carousal,
jollification,
drinking bout,
wassail,
saturnalia,
orgies;
excess,
too much.
Circean cup.
[drugs of abuse: list]
bhang,
hashish,
marijuana,
pot [Coll.],
hemp [Coll.],
grass [Coll.];
opium,
cocaine,
morphine,
heroin;
LSD,
lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem];
phencyclidine,
angel dust,
PCP;
barbiturates;
amphetamines,
speed [Coll.].
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Roget 957:
gluttony;
greed,
avarice;
greediness
etc.
adj.;
voracity.
epicurism;
good living,
high living;
edacity†,
gulosity†,
crapulence†;
guttling†,
guzzling;
pantophagy†.
good cheer,
blow out;
feast
etc.
(food)
298;
gastronomy,
batterie de cuisine [Fr.].
epicure,
bon vivant,
gourmand;
glutton,
cormorant,
hog,
belly god,
Apicius†,
gastronome;
gourmet
etc.
954.1,
868.
v..
gormandize,
gorge;
overgorge†,
overeat oneself;
engorge,
eat one's fill,
cram,
stuff;
guttle†,
guzzle;
bolt,
devour,
gobble up;
gulp
etc.
(swallow food)
298;
raven,
eat out of house and home.
have the stomach of an ostrich;
play a good knife and fork
etc.
(appetite)
865.
pamper.
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Dutch: drank, geborrel
Polish: pijaństwo, popijawa