Definitions for inebriate

inebriate in·e·bri·ate

Spelling: [verb in-ee-bree-eyt, ih-nee-; noun, adjective in
IPA: /verb ɪnˈi briˌeɪt, ɪˈni-; noun, adjective ɪnˈi bri ɪt, ɪˈni-/

Inebriate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in inebriate (abeeiinrt).

Definitions for inebriate

noun

  1. an intoxicated person.
  2. a habitual drunkard.

adjective

  1. Also, inebriated. drunk; intoxicated.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make drunk; intoxicate.
  2. to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally.

Origin of inebriate

1400-50; late Middle English Latin inēbriātus past participle of inēbriāre to make drunk, equivalent to in- in-2 + ēbri(us) drunk + -ātus Examples for inebriate

The French know nothing of the cup that cheers but does not inebriate.

A man, aged 22, the son of an inebriate, with one imbecile sister.

After the death of this husband she married an inebriate by whom she had three other children.

He was as much of an inebriate in his way as ever was drunkard a slave to alcohol.

His friendship for the inebriate was of the most sincere kind.

It is hardly for an inebriate to laud the life of instinct and impulse.

On our return we learned that the inebriate had been discharged.

Its name is derived from two Greek words, meaning “not to inebriate.”

inebriate asylums, rationally conducted, cannot fail to be worth their cost.

He takes one arm and the jailer the other, and together they support the inebriate to his cell.

Word Value for inebriate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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