Definitions for inebriates

inebriates 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-/

Inebriates is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 791 anagrams from letters in inebriates (abeeiinrst).

Definitions for inebriates

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 inebriates

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 inebriates

Tea is often spoken of as the "cup that cheers but not inebriates."

The cup, which cheers but not inebriates, loosens Dr. Keifs tongue.

Report of the Inspector under the inebriates Acts for the year 1906.

Let every path that leads to delight, let every gratification that inebriates the soul be discovered.

I would like very much to establish a nice, expensive home for inebriates.

Jackson knows of this inebriates' home in Ontario and I had to provide him with a destination.

Its gates are open to you on other topics than the coupling of inebriates.

Merle threw into her voice all the pent-up anguish of an inebriates wife.

I am a great patron of tea; the poet truly says, 'It cheers, but not inebriates.'

The cup that cheers but not inebriates, as the old saying has it.

Word Value for inebriates
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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