inebriatenoun [ C ]
/ɪˈniː.bri.ət//ɪˈniː.bri.ət/formalsomeone who has drunk too much alcohol or who regularly does this:
It's not a crime to be a chronic inebriate.
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- Inebriates stagger in from the pub opposite.
- The starving pick through dustbins and inebriates stagger about vomiting and shouting.
- There has been no decrease in the number of inebriates that are hitting the emergency rooms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drunkenness & sobriety
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic
- alcoholism
- battered
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles
- binge drinking
- blasted
- bombed
- inebriated
- influence
- intoxicate
- intoxicated
- intoxicating
- sober (sb) up
- sobriety
- sot
- soused
- sozzled
- whacked
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inebriate
adjective /ɪˈniː.bri.ət//ɪˈniː.bri.ət/formal
The late Mr. J. A. Birch strongly urged the establishment of a home for inebriate women.
inebriateverb [ T ]
/ɪˈniː.bri.eɪt//ɪˈniː.bri.eɪt/formalto make someone become drunk:
The cultivation of sugar made cheap rum freely available, further inebriating the workers.
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- The sangria contained so much ice it couldn't inebriate a mouse.
- Alcohol is sold on street corners, to inebriate and destroy the morale of the people.
- They drink enough tequila and vodka to inebriate entire fraternities.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drunkenness & sobriety
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic
- alcoholism
- battered
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles
- binge drinking
- blasted
- bombed
- inebriated
- influence
- intoxicate
- intoxicated
- intoxicating
- sober (sb) up
- sobriety
- sot
- soused
- sozzled
- whacked
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inebriating
adjective /ɪˈniː.bri.eɪ.tɪŋ//ɪˈniː.bri.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/formal
Sometimes people take too much of an inebriating substance.
inebriation
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˌniː.briˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌniː.briˈeɪ.ʃən/formal
He was in an advanced state of inebriation.