Definition of inebriation in English:
inebriation
noun ɪˌniːbrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nɪˌnibriˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounhumorous, formal Drunkenness; intoxication.
they were in an advanced state of inebriation
Example sentencesExamples
- Now if this was not a family newspaper, I may use a stronger word than ‘drunk’ as it really doesn't do justice to the state of inebriation which makes us what we are.
- While on subject of inebriation, am convinced your horoscope writer must have been half-cut when he wrote yesterday's entry for Taurus.
- While all of these women are good drinkers, they practice forms of intoxication which extend well beyond their states of alcoholic inebriation.
- I have also carefully considered whether or not they are inaccurate historians because of their alleged level of alcohol inebriation that night.
- He added that people had also indulged in various cocktails of drugs in order to reach a state of complete inebriation.
Synonyms
intoxication, drunkenness, insobriety, tipsiness
informal tightness
rare crapulence
Definition of inebriation in US English:
inebriation
nounɪˌnibriˈeɪʃ(ə)niˌnēbrēˈāSH(ə)n
formal, humorous Drunkenness; intoxication.
they were in an advanced state of inebriation
Example sentencesExamples
- While on subject of inebriation, am convinced your horoscope writer must have been half-cut when he wrote yesterday's entry for Taurus.
- Now if this was not a family newspaper, I may use a stronger word than ‘drunk’ as it really doesn't do justice to the state of inebriation which makes us what we are.
- While all of these women are good drinkers, they practice forms of intoxication which extend well beyond their states of alcoholic inebriation.
- I have also carefully considered whether or not they are inaccurate historians because of their alleged level of alcohol inebriation that night.
- He added that people had also indulged in various cocktails of drugs in order to reach a state of complete inebriation.
Synonyms
intoxication, drunkenness, insobriety, tipsiness