 inebriate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become drunk; drink excessively | |
| Synonyms: | hit_it_up soak souse | |
| Related terms: | drink alcoholism alcoholic | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | |
| Synonyms: | soak intoxicate | |
| Related terms: | affect befuddle drunkard alcohol drunkenness alcoholism | |
| 3. | [ verb ] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage) | |
| Synonyms: | exalt thrill beatify exhilarate | |
| Examples: | "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies" "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" |
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| Related terms: | elate archaism exhilaration ecstasy frisson thrill | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a chronic drinker | |
| Synonyms: | drunk drunkard sot rummy | |
| Related terms: | drinker alcoholic intoxicate | |
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inebriated inebriant infuriate infuriated in_private inverter inverted inebriation invertase invert inebriety infertile invertible inverse infringe infernal in_brief invertebrate invariant inversion inborn infernally inference inversely infuriating invariable invariance infertility inferno infuriation |
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