inebriate

inebriate Definition

in·ebri·ate (in ē′brē āt′; for adj. & n., -it, -āt′)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

Etymology: < L inebriatus, pp. of inebriare, to intoxicate < in-, intens. + ebriare, to make drunk < ebrius, drunk

adjective

drunk; intoxicated

noun

a drunken person, esp. a drunkard

inebriate Related Forms

in·e′bria′·tion noun

inebriate Synonyms

inebriate Usage Examples

Object

state: He'll be in his usual inebriated state ' n ' say something like.. .
man: In the induction, a nobleman on his way home finds an inebriated sleeping man named Christopher Sly.
woman: A man vomits on a bar while an inebriated woman clasps a stool, unable to find her feet.
friend: Room 5 was the venue and Clive was overjoyed to see his well inebriated friends!
seaman: But even the company of an inebriated seaman would prove less infuriating.
mankind: This unrelenting, self-referential entertainment left a large part of mankind chronically inebriated and fundamentally uneducable.

Preposition: at

Modifies a noun

reformatory: Due to falling numbers, the Lewes reformatory surrendered its license as an inebriate reformatory in January 1910.

Modifying Another Word

slightly: The answer lies in a slightly inebriated stroll up North Street in St Andrews.
not: Jonathan Harrison, Chairman Round and About The cup that cheers but not inebriates.
increasingly: As they become increasingly inebriated they argue over money and assess their relationships with alcohol and their families.
quite: The crowds in Norway are ace, if usually quite inebriated and largely have an unpretentious and open-minded attitude toward the music they hear.
too: Chapman is consistently late for meetings and sometimes too inebriated to perform well in Python stage shows.
heavily: Was he heavily inebriated at the time of the assault on his family?

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