[syn: heady, intoxicating]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
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1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
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3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
Eliot.
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They are not intoxicated by military success.
--Jowett
(Thuc.).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
intoxicating liquors.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intoxicating
adj 1: causing [syn: intoxicant, intoxicating]
2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn:
heady, intoxicating]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicating":
agitating, alcoholic, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging,
disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, electrifying,
entrancing, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating,
galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling,
heart-thrilling, impressive, inebriant, inebriating, inebriative,
inflammatory, inspiring, intoxicative, invigorating, jarring,
jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming,
overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant,
provocative, provoking, ravishing, rousing, soul-stirring,
spirituous, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking,
suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly,
troubling, unsettling, upsetting