'Inebriate' definitions:
Definition of 'inebriate'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
Fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]
verb
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate]
verb
Definition of 'Inebriate'
From: GCIDE
- Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.] Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. [1913 Webster]
- Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inebriate'
From: GCIDE
- Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. i. To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inebriate'
From: GCIDE
- Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To make drunk; to intoxicate. [1913 Webster]
- The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The inebriating effect of popular applause. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inebriate'
From: GCIDE
- Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates. [1913 Webster]
- Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. --E. Darwin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inebriate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addled,
- alcoholic,
- alcoholic addict,
- bacchanal,
- bacchanalian,
- beery,
- befuddle,
- bemuse,
- bemused,
- besot,
- besotted,
- bibber,
- big drunk,
- blind drunk,
- boozer,
- carouser,
- chronic alcoholic,
- chronic drunk,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- devotee of Bacchus,
- dipsomaniac,
- dizzy,
- drenched,
- drinker,
- drunk,
- drunkard,
- drunken,
- far-gone,
- flustered,
- fou,
- full,
- gay,
- giddy,
- glorious,
- guzzler,
- happy,
- hard drinker,
- heavy drinker,
- imbiber,
- in liquor,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- intoxicate,
- intoxicated,
- jolly,
- lovepot,
- lush,
- maudlin,
- mellow,
- merry,
- muddled,
- nappy,
- oenophilist,
- pathological drinker,
- pot companion,
- problem drinker,
- reeling,
- reveler,
- serious drinker,
- shikker,
- soak,
- soaker,
- social drinker,
- sodden,
- sot,
- sotted,
- swigger,
- swiller,
- thirsty soul,
- tiddly,
- tippler,
- tipsy,
- toper,
- tosspot,
- under the influence,
- wassailer,
- winebibber