intoxicated

[ in-tok-si-key-tid ]

adjective

1. affected by a substance that intoxicates; drunk; inebriated.
2. mentally or emotionally exhilarated.

   Synonyms: enthralled, ecstatic, enrapt, rapturous, rapt

Other Words From

• in·toxi·cated·ly adverb
• half-in·toxi·cated adjective
• semi-in·toxi·cated adjective
• unin·toxi·cated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intoxicated¹

First recorded in 1550–60; intoxicate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Mark Cotter KC, prosecuting, told the trial Mr Crewe was "an unarmed and intoxicated man who was retreating" when the attack happened.

From BBC

And in one particularly disturbing scene, Oliver gets intoxicated, begins repeatedly hitting himself in the face and rushes toward the balcony sobbing.

From Los Angeles Times

As Somers put it, remembering the “fragile, gentle young man” he’d helped get sober back in 2017: “I think to judge anybody on a night when they are very intoxicated would be a tragic mistake.”

From Los Angeles Times

However, for Cheng's family and supporters, the way in which Mr Bacon came to be in her flat when she was heavily intoxicated was not properly explained in court.

From BBC

But cinematically speaking, we are certainly living in a post-“The Matrix” world intoxicated by the possibility of a multiverse, as evidenced not just by noisy superhero fare and the Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once” but also the more lush air of enchantment and doom pervading the German import “The Universal Theory.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• delirious
• dizzy
• drunk