Crapulence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈæpjʊləns/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈapjʊləns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈapjʊləns/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈæpjʊləns/.

Examples

drink was his downfall

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drinking drink drunkenness boozing

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess “drink was his downfall”

Word Forms

drink	verb	drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
crapulous	adjective	suffering from excessive eating or drinking
crapulent	adjective	suffering from excessive eating or drinking

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Crapulenz

der Akt des übermäßigen Konsums alkoholischer Getränke

🇪🇸Spanish

crápula

el acto de beber bebidas alcohólicas en exceso

🇮🇹Italian

crapulenza

l'atto di bere bevande alcoliche in eccesso

🇳🇱Dutch

roes

de handeling van het overmatig drinken van alcoholische dranken

🇵🇹Portuguese

crepulência

o ato de consumir bebidas alcoólicas em excesso

🇷🇺Russian

полнота

злоупотребление алкогольными напитками

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्रैपुलेंस

अत्यधिक मात्रा में मादक पेय पदार्थ पीने की क्रिया

🇮🇳Tamil

முட்டாள்தனம்

அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக மதுபானங்களை அருந்தும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రోధము

మద్య పానీయాలను అధికంగా త్రాగే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

विक्षिप्तपणा

जास्त प्रमाणात मादक पेये पिण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રેપુલેન્સ

વધુ પડતા આલ્કોહોલિક પીણા પીવાનું કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ರಾಪುಲೆನ್ಸ್

ಆಲ್ಕೊಹಾಲ್ಯುಕ್ತ ಪಾನೀಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕುಡಿಯುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രാപ്പുലൻസ്

ലഹരിപാനീയങ്ങൾ അമിതമായി കുടിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇵🇰Urdu

کریپولنس

الکحل والے مشروبات کو ضرورت سے زیادہ پینے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

泥醉

过量饮酒的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

発疹

アルコール飲料を過剰に飲む行為

🇰🇷Korean

과음

술을 과도하게 마시는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gian trá

hành vi uống đồ uống có cồn quá mức

🇹🇭Thai

ความกระปรี้กระเปร่า

การดื่มเครื่องดื่มแอลกอฮอล์มากเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

kegemaran akan minuman keras

tindakan meminum minuman beralkohol secara berlebihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

السمنة

فعل شرب المشروبات الكحولية بكثرة

🇮🇷Persian

تنبلی

عمل نوشیدن بیش از حد مشروبات الکلی

🇹🇷Turkish

sarhoşluk

aşırı alkollü içki içme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

עקשנות

הפעולה של שתיית משקאות אלכוהוליים בצורה מוגזמת

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