Inebriated vs Exhilarated - What's the difference?
inebriated | exhilarated |
Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
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(exhilarate)
(archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
*, II.2.4:
To thrill refreshingly.
To bring new life to.
As verbs the difference between inebriated and exhilarated
is that inebriated is (inebriate) while exhilarated is (exhilarate).As an adjective inebriated
is behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.inebriated
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(en adjective)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated .}}
Synonyms
* (behaving as though affected by alcohol) drunk, intoxicated * See alsoVerb
(head)exhilarated
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Verb
(head)exhilarate
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Verb
(en-verb)- Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
- Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.