intoxicating
Use in a sentence
sɪˌkeɪ adjective
1.
causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
2.
exhilarating; exciting: an intoxicating idea.
Related forms
in·tox·i·cat·ing·ly, adverb
non·in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective
non·in·tox·i·cat·ing·ly, adverb
un·in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective
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in·tox·i·cate
[v. in-tok-si-keyt; adj. in-tok-suh-kit, -keyt] verb, in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective 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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World English Dictionary
intoxicate (ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (of an alcoholic drink) to produce in (a person) a state ranging from euphoria to stupor, usually accompanied by loss of inhibitions and control; make drunk; inebriate |
| 2. | to stimulate, excite, or elate so as to overwhelm |
| 3. | (of a drug) to poison |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin, from intoxicāre to poison, from Latin toxicum poison; see | |
| in'toxicable | |
| —adj | |
| in'toxicative | |
| —adj | |
| in'toxicator | |
| —n | |
| intoxicating (ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪtɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of an alcoholic drink) producing in a person a state ranging from euphoria to stupor, usually accompanied by loss of inhibitions and control; inebriating |
| 2. | stimulating, exciting, or producing great elation |
| in'toxicatingly | |
| —adv | |
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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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Example sentences
Many of them are in the grip of an intoxicating metaphysics of utterness that creates signature moments of total theatrics.
Walk into any fashion store and the scenes are visually intoxicating.
The tune was intoxicating, leaving all of us staring at the ground and bobbing our heads.
These were movies that loosened the tuxedo tie and the tongue to provide an intoxicated if not intoxicating diversion.
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