inebriate

(ĭn-ē'brē-āt')
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To make drunk; intoxicate.
2. To exhilarate or stupefy as if with alcohol.

adj. (-ĭt)
Intoxicated.

n. (-ĭt)
An intoxicated person.

[Latin inēbriāre, inēbriāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + ēbriāre, to intoxicate (from ēbrius, drunk).]

inebriation in·e'bri·a'tion n.

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adjective

Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal cockeyed, stewed. Slang blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheetsintothe wind. See drugs/temperance.

noun

A person who is habitually drunk: drunk, drunkard, sot, tippler. Slang boozehound, boozer, lush², rummy¹, soak, souse, sponge, stiff. See drugs/temperance.

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See words rhyming with "inebriate."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - beruse, drikke fuld
n. - dranker
adj. - beruset, fuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
dronken voeren, dronken, dronkaard

Français (French)
v. tr. - enivrer, griser
n. - enivrement, ivresse, ébriété
adj. - ivre, (fig) grisé

Deutsch (German)
v. - berauschen
adj. - betrunken, berauscht
n. - (süchtiger) Trinker

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεθώ, προκαλώ μέθη
adj. - μεθυσμένος
n. - μέθυσος, μπεκρής

Italiano (Italian)
inebriare, ubriaco

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inebriar, intoxicar
adj. - ébrio, intoxicado
n. - beberrão (m)

Русский (Russian)
пьяный, алкоголик, вызывать опьянение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - embriagar, emborrachar
n. - ebrio, borracho, borrachín
adj. - ebrio, embriagado, borracho

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rusa, berusa (äv. bildl.)
adj. - berusad
n. - alkoholist, drinkare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使醉, 使陶醉, 酒徒, 酒醉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使醉, 使陶醉
n. - 酒徒
adj. - 酒醉的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 취하게 하다, 도취하게 하다
n. - 주정뱅이, 고주망태
adj. - 술취한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 酔った
n. - 大酒家
v. - 酔わせる, 陶酔させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسكر, يبهج (صفه) سكران (الاسم) السكران‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השקה לשכרה, שיכר, ריגש‬
n. - ‮שיכור‬
adj. - ‮שתוי, שיכור‬

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