intoxicated

in·tox·i·cate  (n-tks-kt)

v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates

v.tr.

1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.

2. To stimulate or excite: "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine" (Anaïs Nin).

3. To poison.

v.intr.

To cause stupefaction, stimulation, or excitement by or as if by use of a chemical substance: "The notion of Holy War is showing that it has not yet lost all its power to intoxicate and to inflame" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

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[Middle English, to poison, from Medieval Latin intoxicre, intoxict- : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Late Latin toxicre, to smear with poison (from Latin toxicum, poison; see toxic).]

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in·toxi·cating·ly adv.

in·toxi·cative adj.

in·toxi·cator n.

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intoxicated

• nappy - Describing a beer that has a head and is foaming—or a person who is slightly intoxicated.
• capernoited - Slightly intoxicated.
• groggy - From grog, "spirits mixed with water," it first meant "intoxicated."
• temulent, temulency - Temulent means drunken or intoxicated; temulency is intoxication.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" drunk, inebriated sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
	2.	intoxicated - as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement" drunk excited - in an aroused state

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intoxicated

adjective

1. drunk, tight (informal), smashed (slang), pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), canned (slang), high (informal), cut (Brit. slang), flying (slang), bombed (slang), stoned (slang), wasted (slang), hammered (slang), steaming (slang), wrecked (slang), stiff (slang), out of it (slang), plastered (slang), drunken, blitzed (slang), lit up (slang), stewed (slang), under the influence, tipsy, legless (informal), paralytic (informal), sozzled (informal), steamboats (Scot. slang), off your face (slang), zonked (slang), blotto (slang), fuddled, the worse for drink, inebriated, out to it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drunk as a skunk, in your cups (informal), rat-arsed (taboo slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), half seas over (Brit. informal), bevvied (dialect), three sheets in the wind (informal), babalas (S. African) He appeared intoxicated, police said.

2. euphoric, excited, exhilarated, high (informal), sent (slang), stimulated, dizzy, ecstatic, elated, infatuated, enraptured They had become intoxicated by their success.

Translations

intoxicated [ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd] ADJ

1. (lit) (frm) (= drunk) → ebrio, en estado de embriaguez
to become intoxicated → alcanzar un estado de embriaguez

2. (fig) (liter) → embriagado(liter), ebrio
to be intoxicated by sth (by victory, success) → estar embriagado or ebrio a causa de algo
to be intoxicated with sth → estar embriagado or ebrio de algo
to feel intoxicated → sentirse embriagado

intoxicated [ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd] adj

(= drunk) → ivre

(= excited) to become intoxicated by sth → devenir ivre de qch
They seem to have become intoxicated by their success → Ils semblent être devenus ivres de leur succès.

intoxicated

adj → betrunken, berauscht (also fig), → im Rausch (also fig); to become intoxicated → sich berauschen (also fig) (→ by, with an +dat, → von); intoxicated by drugs → im Drogenrausch; intoxicated by or with success → vom Erfolg berauscht

intoxicated [ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj → ubriaco/a
intoxicated (with) (fig) → inebriato/a (di)
to become intoxicated → ubriacarsi