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Inebriated vs Exhilarated - What's the difference?

inebriated | exhilarated |

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

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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 also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inebriate)
  • exhilarated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exhilarate)

  • exhilarate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
  • Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
  • *, II.2.4:
  • 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.
  • To thrill refreshingly.
  • To bring new life to.