inebriate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪnˈibrieɪt/ UK /ɪnˈiːbrieɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make drunk, or a person who is habitually drunk

The strong wine soon began to inebriate the unwary guests.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make drunk, or a person... intoxicate drunkard sottipplerbefuddle fuddle

Opposites

sober

Word family

Derived forms inebriationinebriatedinebriety

Related forms ebrietyebrious

Etymology

From Latin inebriatus, past participle of inebriare ('to make drunk'), from in- (intensive) + ebriare ('to make drunk'), from ebrius ('drunk').

inebriare Latin ebrius Latin

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# inebriate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈibrieɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈiːbrieɪt/

## Meanings
1. to make drunk, or a person who is habitually drunk

## Examples
- The strong wine soon began to inebriate the unwary guests.

## Synonyms
- intoxicate
- drunkard
- sot
- tippler
- befuddle
- fuddle

## Antonyms
- sober

## Derived Forms
- inebriation
- inebriated
- inebriety

## Related Forms
- ebriety
- ebrious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inebriare
- Root: ebrius

## Etymology
From Latin inebriatus, past participle of inebriare ('to make drunk'), from in- (intensive) + ebriare ('to make drunk'), from ebrius ('drunk').

## AI Etymology
inebriate comes from Latin inebriatus, past participle of inebriare ('to make drunk'), from in- (intensive) + ebriare ('to make drunk'), from ebrius ('drunk'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the verb sense is "to make drunk, or a person who is habitually drunk", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as ebriety and ebrious, and in derivatives such as inebriation, inebriated, and inebriety. Its semantic neighborhood includes intoxicate, drunkard, sot, and tippler, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin inebriare and Latin ebrius.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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