drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino
(noun) a chronic drinker
souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
(verb) become drunk or drink excessively
intoxicate, soak, inebriate
(verb) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
(verb) fill with sublime emotion; “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inebriate (plural inebriates)
A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
• drunkard; See also drunkard
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.
• intoxicate
inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)
intoxicated; drunk
• See drunk
Source: Wiktionary
In*e"bri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating.] Etym: [L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.]
1. To make drunk; to intoxicate. The cups That cheer but not inebriate. Cowper.
2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy. The inebriating effect of popular applause. Macaulay.
In*e"bri*ate, v. i.
Definition: To become drunk. [Obs.] Bacon.
In*e"bri*ate, a. Etym: [L. inebriatus, p. p.]
Definition: Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. Udall.
In*e"bri*ate, n.
Definition: One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates. Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. E. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
