English Explanatory Dictionary

inebriated

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of inebriate

Pronunciation

ĭ-nēʹbrē-ā-tĭd /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/ en-us-inebriated.ogg en-au-inebriated.ogg

Word forms

inebriated more inebriated most inebriated

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrjos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

Synonyms

drunk intoxicated

Derived words

uninebriated
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