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intoxication - 4 dictionary results
in⋅tox⋅i⋅ca⋅tion
[in-tok-si-key-shuh
n]
–noun
| 1. | inebriation; drunkenness. |
| 2. | an act or instance of intoxicating. |
| 3. | overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions. |
| 4. | Pathology. poisoning. |
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| in·tox·i·ca·tion
(ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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| intoxication | |
noun | |
| 1. | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning] |
| 2. | a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness] [ant: soberness] |
| 3. | excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power" |
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Intoxication
Drunk"en*ness\, n. 1. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit. The Lacedemonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness by bringing a drunken man into their company. --I. Watts. 2. Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. -- South. Syn: Intoxication; inebriation; inebriety. -- Drunkenness, Intoxication, Inebriation. Drunkenness refers more to the habit; intoxication and inebriation, to specific acts. The first two words are extensively used in a figurative sense; a person is intoxicated with success, and is drunk with joy. "This plan of empire was not taken up in the first intoxication of unexpected success." --Burke.
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