inebriated

English

WOTD – 15 November 2006

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“to intoxicate”), from ēbrius (“drunk”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈniːbɹieɪtɪd/
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Adjective

inebriated (comparative more inebriated, superlative most inebriated)

Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
  Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

Synonyms

(behaving as though affected by alcohol): drunk, intoxicated
See also Thesaurus:drunk

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/ensober' title='ensober'>ensober</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriacy' title='inebriacy'>inebriacy</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriant' title='inebriant'>inebriant</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriate' title='inebriate'>inebriate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriated' title='inebriated'>inebriated</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriation' title='inebriation'>inebriation</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriety' title='inebriety'>inebriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebrious' title='inebrious'>inebrious</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/insobriety' title='insobriety'>insobriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sober' title='sober'>sober</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberer' title='soberer'>soberer</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberize' title='soberize'>soberize</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberly' title='soberly'>soberly</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberness' title='soberness'>soberness</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sobersides' title='sobersides'>sobersides</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sobriety' title='sobriety'>sobriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unebriate' title='unebriate'>unebriate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unsober' title='unsober'>unsober</a>

Translations

behaving as though affected by alcohol

Danish: beruset (da), fuld (da)
Dutch: dronken (nl)
Finnish: päihtynyt (fi)
German: betrunken (de)
Hungarian: részeg (hu)

Latin: ebrius m
Persian: مست‎ (fa) (mast)
Russian: нетре́звый (ru) m (netrézvyj)
Spanish: ebrio (es)
Swedish: berusad (sv)

Verb

inebriated

simple past tense and past participle of inebriate

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