to inebriate

Examples

• All

• Even now, more than thirty years later, these two books stand in my mind for the inebriating sense of finally having come into my own.

  Academic text (1997)

• Faith inebriated, lunatics ridiculed and mocked me as a teenager for daring to question God's existence.

  Blog text (4)

• I heard the author of this story was inebriated when he made it up.

  Blog text (25)

• Inebriate my spirit, Elixir of the Gods.

  Fiction book (1994)

• When the rest of us began to feel inebriated enough to start the weekly round of insult humor, Colleen was at best bemused.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Russians are simply reveling in the seamless freedom of expression they currently enjoy, which, when combined with their compulsively brooding nature and their tendency to be self-deprecatory, can inebriate the power of reasoning at times.

  Blog text (26)

• The moving speech inebriated the audience with hope and inspiration.

• She often became inebriated by the beauty of a sunset over the ocean.

Synonyms

T

to thrill

vsto inebriate

201 2.1

To give a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure

is about filling someone with lasting strong emotion not sudden bursts

E

to exhilarate

vsto inebriate

12 6.9

To make someone feel very happy and full of energy

is the literary form used to express that lively excitement

E

to exalt

vsto inebriate

• Literature

6 8.1

To make someone feel very happy and inspired

is used for strong general emotion rather than noble inspiration

I

to intoxicate

vsto inebriate

4 7.0

To make someone feel very excited and happy

focuses on strong excitement rather than hopeful optimism

T

to tickle pink

vsto inebriate

• Informal

1 6.3

Feel very happy and amused by something someone does

involves filling with intense emotion rather than light amused pleasure

Antonyms

D

to depress

32 4.1

To make someone feel sad and lose hope

D

to dishearten

8 5.3

To make someone lose hope or confidence

How Exhilarated

to elate

19 6.4

to inebriate

• Literature

1 9.9

to delight

48 1.0

to please

216 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology