noun
- the state of being drunk or intoxicated
- lack of moderation or self-restraint, especially in drinking alcohol
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
Examples
- The judge cited his history of insobriety as a factor in the sentencing.
- Public insobriety was considered a serious offense in the small town.
- His frequent insobriety cost him his job and his family.
- The rehabilitation program addressed issues of insobriety and addiction.
- Victorian society strongly condemned insobriety among the working class.
- The doctor warned that continued insobriety would damage his liver.