inebriated
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)“a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors”“helplessly inebriated”Synonyms: intoxicateddrunk
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.] [1913 Webster]
1.To make drunk; to intoxicate. [1913 Webster]
The cups That cheer but not inebriate.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]
2.Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy. [1913 Webster]
The inebriating effect of popular applause.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
inebriated \in*e"bri*at`ed\ adj. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
Syn: besotted, bibulous, blind, blind drunk, drunk, drunken, inebriate, sottish. [WordNet 1.5]