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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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1. : affected by alcohol : drunk. 2. : addicted to excessive drinking. Synonyms. Noun. alcoholic.
INEBRIATE definition: 1. someone who has drunk too much alcohol or who regularly does this: 2. having drunk too much…. Learn more.
noun. an intoxicated person. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated. adjective. Rare. inebriated ( def 1 ). inebriate. / ˌɪnɪˈbraɪɪtɪ / verb. to make drunk; intoxicate. to arouse emotionally; make excited.
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.
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.
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.
Noun. Filter. verb. inebriated, inebriates, inebriating. To make drunk; intoxicate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To excite; exhilarate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (figuratively) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink. Wiktionary. Synonyms: beatify. exalt. thrill. tickle-pink.
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. ( intransitive) To become drunk.
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.
