Nearby Words
adjective
1.
affected by a substance that intoxicates; drunk; inebriated.
2.
mentally or emotionally exhilarated.
Related forms
in·tox·i·cat·ed·ly, adverb
half-in·tox·i·cat·ed, adjective
sem·i-in·tox·i·cat·ed, adjective
un·in·tox·i·cat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. rapt, enthralled.
2. rapt, enthralled.
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Intoxicated
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Example Sentences
- Pelosi has been charged with driving while intoxicated after.
- Pushing ahead of their elders, they have become intoxicated with the possibility of change.
- Unattended children, mentally disabled people, or intoxicated adults might also not notice or properly report a bat bite.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
2.
to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him.
3.
Pathology. to poison.
verb (used without object)
4.
to cause or produce intoxication: having the power to intoxicate.
adjective
5.
Archaic. intoxicated.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
intoxicate
early 15c., "full of poison" (pp. adj.), from M.L. intoxicatus, pp. of intoxicare "to poison," from L. in- "in" + toxicare "to poison," from toxicum "poison" (see toxic). The verb meaning "to poison" is first attested 1520s; meaning "make drunk" first recorded 1570s (implied in intoxicated).
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Medical Dictionary
intoxicate in·tox·i·cate (ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kāt')
v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates
To stupefy or excite, as by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.
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