inebriated

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/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/

adjective

Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

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drunkintoxicatedrippedgonebacchanalianbacchanalbacchicbeery
OriginLatin inēbriātus ← Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s →
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Meanings

adjectiveinebriated (comparative more inebriated, superlative most inebriated)

comparative more inebriated · superlative most inebriated

  1. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

    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.

    2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884

    Synonyms: drunk, intoxicated

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of inebriate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBehaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

Similar
drunkintoxicated

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivestupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

Similar
intoxicateddrunkrippedgonebacchanalianbacchanalbacchicbeerybesottedblind drunkblottopottytiddlytipsy
Also see
bacchanalbacchanalianbacchicbeerybibulousboozycarousingdopeddruggeddrunkdrunkenfriedgeekedgonehighintoxicatedmellownarcotisednarcotizedorgiasticpollutedpottyrippedsottishstonedtiddlytight as a ticktipsywasteywetzonked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s
  2. Proto-Italic*ēɣʷrios
  3. Latininēbriātus
  4. Englishinebriated

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

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Translations

Bengali মস্ত
  • মস্ত (mosto)behaving as though affected by alcohol
Danish beruset, fuld
  • berusetbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • fuldbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Dutch dronken
  • dronkenbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Finnish päihtynyt
  • päihtynytbehaving as though affected by alcohol
German betrunken, beschwipst
  • betrunkenbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • beschwipstbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • angeheitertbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • alkoholisiertbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Hindi मदिर, शौंड
  • मदिर (madir)behaving as though affected by alcohol
  • शौंड (śauṇḍ)behaving as though affected by alcohol
  • मत्त (matt)behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hungarian részeg, ittas
  • részegbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • ittasbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • kapatosbehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • becsípettbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Latin ebrius
  • ebriusbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Persian مست
  • مست (mast)behaving as though affected by alcohol
Russian нетре́звый
  • нетре́звый (netrézvyj)behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish ebrio, borracho
  • ebriobehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • borrachobehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • escabiadobehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • escabiobehaving as though affected by alcohol
  • embriagobehaving as though affected by alcohol
Swedish berusad
  • berusadbehaving as though affected by alcohol
Cite this entry
APA

inebriated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inebriated

MLA

“inebriated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inebriated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inebriated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inebriated.

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