HyperDic: intoxicated

English > 2 senses of the word *intoxicated*:
ADJECTIVE	all	intoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
ADJECTIVE	all	intoxicated, drunk	as if under the influence of alcohol

intoxicated > pronunciation
Sounds	ihntaa'ksahkey.tahd; ihntaa'ksihkey.tihd
Rhymes	abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd...
Rhymes	abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd...

English > *intoxicated*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
Example	"a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"
Synonyms	drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone
Narrower	bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic	Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
	beery	Smelling of beer
	besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet	Very drunk
	bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish	given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
	doped, drugged, narcotized, narcotised	Under the influence of narcotics
	half-seas-over	British informal for 'intoxicated'
	high, mellow	slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
	hopped-up, stoned	Under the influence of narcotics
	potty, tiddly, tipsy	Slightly intoxicated
Opposite	sober	not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Spanish	bebido, borracho, ebrio
Catalan	embriac

English > *intoxicated*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	As if under the influence of alcohol.
Example	"felt intoxicated by her success"
Synonym	drunk
Broader	excited	In an aroused state

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