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- Dictionaryin·e·bri·ate
verb
- 1. make (someone) drunk; intoxicate: "it is a rum-based drink designed more to inebriate the masses than to please the palate"
noun
- 1. a drunkard: "he was marked down as an inebriate"
adjective
- 1. drunk; intoxicated: "he had been known to get hopelessly inebriate"
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Noun having performed in countless bars and clubs, the stand-up comedian was used to being heckled by inebriates in the back of the house Adjective those inebriate sports fans who yell and scream throughout the game
INEBRIATE definition: 1. someone who has drunk too much alcohol or who regularly does this: 2. having drunk too much…. Learn more.
Inebriate is a formal term that sounds more factual or neutral than the stigmatizing label drunkard. Dipsomaniac is a rare, older term for a person who, because of some psychological or physiological illness, has an irresistible craving for liquor.
someone who has drunk too much alcohol or who regularly does this: Her husband was a chronic inebriate. Synonym. drunk disapproving. Fewer examples. Inebriates stagger in from the bar opposite. The starving pick through trash cans and inebriates stagger around vomiting and shouting.
Use the verb inebriate to describe what happens when someone or something intoxicates a person. If you realize that your lemonade is inebriating you, you probably accidentally ordered an alcoholic drink that tastes like lemonade.
1. to make drunk; intoxicate. 2. to arouse emotionally; make excited. noun (ɪnˈiːbrɪɪt ) 3. a person who is drunk, esp habitually. adjective (ɪnˈiːbrɪɪt ) also : inebriated (ɪnˈiːbrɪeɪtɪd ) 4. drunk, esp habitually. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. inebriation (inˌebriˈation) noun.
1. To make drunk; intoxicate. 2. To exhilarate or stupefy. adj. (-ĭt) Intoxicated. n. (-ĭt) An intoxicated person. [Latin inēbriāre, inēbriāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + ēbriāre, to intoxicate (from ēbrius, drunk; see eg w h- in Indo-European roots ).] in·e′bri·a′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Jun 2, 2024 · inebriate (third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated) ( transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate. ( transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally. n. an intoxicated person. a habitual drunkard. adj. Also, in•e′bri•at′ed. drunk; intoxicated. Latin inēbriātus past participle of inēbriāre to make drunk, equivalent. to in- in - 2 + ēbri ( us) drunk + -ātus - ate1. late Middle English 1400–50. in•e′bri•a′tion, n. 4.
Instagram. © 2024 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. The meaning of INEBRIATED is exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated. How to use inebriated in a sentence.
