INEBRIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does inebriate mean?
• INEBRIATE (noun)
The noun INEBRIATE has 1 sense:
1. a chronic drinker
Familiarity information: INEBRIATE used as a noun is very rare.
• INEBRIATE (verb)
The verb INEBRIATE has 3 senses:
1. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
2. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
3. become drunk or drink excessively
Familiarity information: INEBRIATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INEBRIATE (noun)
Meaning:
A chronic drinker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino
Hypernyms ("inebriate" is a kind of...):
drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inebriate"):
alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)
• INEBRIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
inebriate; exhilarate; beatify; exalt; thrill
Context examples:
The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies / He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):
elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
inebriate; intoxicate; soak
Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inebriate"):
befuddle; fuddle (make stupid with alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Become drunk or drink excessively
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
hit it up; souse; inebriate; soak
Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):
booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
