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Inebriate

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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Verb group 2

Tweak 84% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Tweak 84% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Booze 76% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Drinker 76% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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Elate 76% connected

Lifted up; raised; elevated.

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Fuddle 76% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Imbiber 76% connected

One who, or that which, imbibes.

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Intoxicate 76% connected

Intoxicated.

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Toper 76% connected

One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

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Uplift 76% connected

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

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Narrower term 6

Alcoholic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholi…

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Boozer 76% connected

One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

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Dipsomaniac 76% connected

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

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Lush 76% connected

Full of juice or succulence.

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Soaker 76% connected

One who, or that which, soaks.

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Manner of action 2

Befuddle 76% connected

To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

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Fuddle 76% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Derivationally related 4

Excitement 74% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Excitement 74% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Soaker 74% connected

One who, or that which, soaks.

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Soaker 74% connected

One who, or that which, soaks.

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Synonym 11

Beatify 92% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

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Drunk 92% connected

of Drink

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Drunkard 92% connected

One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

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Exalt 92% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exhilarate 92% connected

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

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Intoxicate 92% connected

Intoxicated.

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Rummy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

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Soak 92% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Sot 92% connected

A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Souse 92% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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