Is this an adjective or a noun?

Question

Could someone help me figure out if the word inebriation is used as an adjective or a noun in the following sentence.

" I was in a state of shameful inebriation." (from Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn)

thanks!

Answer 1

It's a noun. The suffix -tion means that it is a noun. Adjectives describe things, nouns are the things that adjectives describe.

Answer 2

noun

Answer 3

It's a noun. Shameful is the adjective describing it.

Answer 4

Its a noun.  Shameful is the adjective.