insobriety

[in-suh-brahy-i-tee]

noun

1. lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.

insobriety

/ ˌɪnsəʊˈbraɪɪtɪ /

noun

1. lack of sobriety; intemperance

Word History and Origins

Origin of insobriety¹

First recorded in 1605–15; in- ³ + sobriety

Example Sentences

There are claims and counterclaims, accusations of jealousy, insobriety, fake social media accounts.

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The actor grew moody, splenetic, and gave way to insobriety.

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On this subject the writer reproduces his opinion as expressed in ‘Oars and Sculls’ in 1873:— The tendency to ‘coppers’ in training is no proof of insobriety.

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Long ago, when he was a mere day-labourer, he had indulged in a week's drunkenness, and had learned once for all the lesson that success in life is not compatible with insobriety.

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That also is a mode, we need not say of intoxication, but of insobriety.

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