dipsomania
/ˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniə/noun
उच्चारण डिप्समेनिअ
मदिरा की उन्मत्त लालसा
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[U] formal
a strong and uncontrollable desire to drink alcohol
मदिरा की उन्मत्त लालसा
- He was treated for dipsomania.
- The doctor said that the patient's dipsomania required long treatment and family support.
- The novel's hero suffers from dipsomania.
+ 3 more examples
- Dipsomania is a medical condition that needs treatment.
- His dipsomania ruined his career, and he went into recovery.
- The clinic helps patients with dipsomania.
Synonyms alcoholism drunkenness
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
AaSpelling
dip·so·ma·ni·a
§Grammar and usage
One who never drinks alcohol is a teetotaller.
कभी शराब न पीने वाला teetotaller।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Greek dipsa, thirst.
यूनानी dipsa, प्यास, से।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: an uncontrollable desire for alcohol is dipsomania (the person a dipsomaniac); an uncontrollable urge to steal kleptomania; to set fire to things pyromania; a belief in your own great importance megalomania; a passion for collecting books bibliomania.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: शराब की अनियंत्रित इच्छा dipsomania (व्यक्ति dipsomaniac); चोरी की अनियंत्रित इच्छा kleptomania; आग लगाने की pyromania; अपने महत्व में अत्यधिक विश्वास megalomania; किताबें इकट्ठा करने का जुनून bibliomania।