inebriated
/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/adjective, verb
inebriated is spelled I-N-E-B-R-I-A-T-E-D: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, inebriated means “Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in inebriated?
| Letters | 10: I-N-E-B-R-I-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is inebriated?
Inebriated appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce inebriated?
- /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/
Inebriated has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-inebriated.ogg, En-au-inebriated.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of inebriated
- more inebriated comparative
- most inebriated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inebriated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of inebriate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inebriated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense behaving as though affected by alcohol:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | betrunken, beschwipst, angeheitert, alkoholisiert |
| Spanish | ebrio, borracho, escabiado, escabio, embriago |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does inebriated come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).