adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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ĭ-nēʹbrē-ā-tĭd
/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of inebriate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors
helplessly inebriated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intoxicated, drunk
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣwrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h1ēgwh-ryo-s from root *h1egwh- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
মস্ত
(mosto)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Danish:
beruset
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Danish:
fuld
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Dutch:
dronken
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Finnish:
päihtynyt
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
German:
betrunken
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
German:
beschwipst
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
German:
angeheitert
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
German:
alkoholisiert
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hindi:
मदिर
(madir)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hindi:
शौंड
(śauṇḍ)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hindi:
मत्त
(matt)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hungarian:
részeg
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hungarian:
ittas
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hungarian:
kapatos
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Hungarian:
becsípett
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Latin:
ebrius
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Persian:
مست
(mast)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Plautdietsch:
bedrunken
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Plautdietsch:
besopen
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Russian:
нетре́звый
(netrézvyj)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Sanskrit:
मत्त
(matta)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Sanskrit:
प्रमत्त
(pramatta)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish:
ebrio
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish:
borracho
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish:
escabiado
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish:
escabio
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Spanish:
embriago
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Swedish:
berusad
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Ottoman Turkish:
سرخوش
(sarhoş)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
Ottoman Turkish:
مخمور
(mahmur)
— behaving as though affected by alcohol
