Intoxicated
[ɪn'tɒksɪkeɪtɪd] or [ɪn'tɑksɪketɪd]
Definition
(adj.) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); 'a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors'; 'helplessly inebriated' .
(adj.) as if under the influence of alcohol; 'felt intoxicated by her success'; 'drunk with excitement' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Intoxicate
Inputed by Katherine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inebriated, drunk, tipsy, drunken, fuddled, muddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.
Typist: Shane
Examples
- He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You are stopping in this house, Sir,' said the indignant little man; 'you are intoxicated now, Sir; you shall hear from me in the morning, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Germania was deliberately intoxicated, she was systematically kept drunk, with this sort of patriotic rhetoric. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the noise and rapidity of the drumbeats increased the dancers apparently became intoxicated with the wild rhythm and the savage yells. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He is intoxicated, I'm sure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The embarrassment from the liquor question which Woodrow Wilson feared does not arise because teetotaler and drunkard both become intoxicated when they discuss the saloon. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As he was reading, an affray arose between two gentlemen in the room, who were both partially intoxicated. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I was intoxicated with joy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was plainly impossible that I could have been intoxicated. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There appeared in the doorway one of the best operators we had, who worked daytime, and who was of a very quiet disposition except when intoxicated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But the touch of success had intoxicated her imperialists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Something to that effect was said by the intoxicated liar who committed the assault, but it was not true. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His drinking continued, about which we sometimes quarrelled; for, when a little intoxicated, he was very irritable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mr. Crawley, you are intoxicated, as usual, replied his wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Shane