INEBRIATE

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

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Etymology

Noun

inebriate (plural inebriates)

A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.

Synonyms

• drunkard; See also drunkard

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• intoxicate

Adjective

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

intoxicated; drunk

Synonyms

• See drunk

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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