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- Dictionaryintoxicated/inˈtäksəkādəd/
adjective
- 1. drunk or under the influence of drugs: "officials are reporting an increase in the number of intoxicated students requiring medical attention"
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The meaning of INTOXICATED is affected by alcohol or drugs especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished; especially : drunk. How to use intoxicated in a sentence.
having lost some control of your actions or behaviour under the influence of alcohol or another drug: She was charged with driving while intoxicated. Intoxicated or disruptive spectators will be ejected. feeling excited, happy, and slightly out of control: Intoxicated by success, she wanted to go further.
Intoxicated definition: affected by a substance that intoxicates; drunk; inebriated. . See examples of INTOXICATED used in a sentence.
verb. in· tox· i· cate in-ˈtäk-sə-ˌkāt. intoxicated; intoxicating. Synonyms of intoxicate. transitive verb. 1. a. : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished. b. : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy. 2. : poison. intoxicate. 2 of 2. adjective.
(of alcohol or another drug) to make someone lose some control of their actions or behaviour: The plant has the power to heal or intoxicate. It took surprisingly little drink to intoxicate him. to make someone excited, happy, and slightly out of control: Their music never fails to intoxicate me.
If you are intoxicated by or with something such as a feeling or an event, you are so excited by it that you find it hard to think clearly and sensibly. [literary] They seem to have become intoxicated by their success. [+ by/with] These leaders can become intoxicated with a sense of their own omnipotence.
Define intoxicated. intoxicated synonyms, intoxicated pronunciation, intoxicated translation, English dictionary definition of intoxicated. adj. Physically or mentally impaired by a chemical substance, especially alcohol: was arrested for driving while intoxicated; an intoxicated guest at the...
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. to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him. Pathology. to poison.
When you describe someone as intoxicated, you usually mean that he's been drinking alcoholic beverages until he feels dizzy and sick. You can also use the word to talk about someone who's really excited or happy about something: "She was intoxicated by Paris the minute she stepped off the airplane."
Definition of intoxicated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
