CRAPULENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Example:

drink was his downfall

Synonyms:

boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crapulence" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crapulence"):

drinking bout (a long period of drinking)

Derivation:

crapulent (suffering from excessive eating or drinking)

crapulous (given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking)

crapulous (suffering from excessive eating or drinking)