Intoxication
[ɪn,tɒksɪ'keɪʃn] or [ɪn,tɑksə'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; 'the intoxication of wealth and power'.
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Definition
(n.) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
(n.) The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
(n.) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inebriation, ebriety, inebriety, drunkenness.[2]. Infatuation, great excitement, great exhilaration.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Venom, poison, obfuscation, bewilderment, delirium, hallucination, ravishment,ecstasy, inebriation, drunkenness, inebriety
ANT:Antidote, clarification, sobriety, sanity, ebriety, melancholy, depression
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of intoxication, denotes that you are cultivating your desires for illicit pleasures. See Drunk.
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Examples
- Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In the spiritualised intoxication of opium, you would do all that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The sublime intoxication of opium gleamed in his eyes; the dew of a stealthy perspiration began to glisten on his face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Bryan talks with the intoxication of the man who has had a revelation: to skeptics that always seems theatrical. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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