1
as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
a short, unhappy life characterized chiefly by insobriety
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2
as in alcoholism
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
her once-promising singing career was undermined by insobriety and emotional instability
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Recent Examples of insobriety
Morel-Cruz stayed at the scene, where he was arrested after officers determined his insobriety with field tests.
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Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2020
Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insobriety
Noun
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The Skakel children lost their mother to cancer in 1972 and their father struggled with alcoholism.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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This dreadful pseudo-action film stars Jessica Chastain as the titular hitwoman-with-a-conscience who is struggling with her past, with her family, with alcoholism, and so forth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The process could, in fact, help rectify that excess of grapes, causing supply to eventually even out with demand.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Unless the category could be brought under control, the excess threatened to self-propagate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Insobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insobriety. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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