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INEBRIATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic drinker

Synonyms:

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("inebriate" is a kind of...):

drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inebriate"):

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

Derivation:

inebriate (become drunk or drink excessively)

inebriate (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become drunk or drink excessively

Synonyms:

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

inebriate (a chronic drinker)

inebriation (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

inebriation (habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

Synonyms:

inebriate; intoxicate; soak

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):

affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inebriate"):

befuddle; fuddle (make stupid with alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

inebriant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

inebriate (a chronic drinker)

inebriation (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

inebriation (habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fill with sublime emotion

Example:

He was inebriated by his phenomenal success

Synonyms:

beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "inebriate" is one way to...):

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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