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

The singer has explained the hit song is about the urge to drive to see someone, even while you’re intoxicated.

From Washington Post

Far more often, police are withholding the names of officers involved in violent altercations with juveniles, intoxicated people or people experiencing mental health episodes.

From ProPublica

He went on to describe walking into Stewart’s room naked one time while intoxicated, sitting down next to her, and later feeling guilty about it.

From ProPublica

Entering his name results in a list of charges for driving while intoxicated, shoplifting, public drunkenness.

From ProPublica

Officers brought him to a parking lot they had set aside to transport intoxicated people to a drunk tank, Palmer said.

From Voice of San Diego

Between 1999 and 2008, the number of severely intoxicated young women who wound up in E.R.s rose by 52 percent.

From The Daily Beast

She is said by one witness to have appeared extremely intoxicated.

From The Daily Beast

Lehmberg ultimately pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated.

From The Daily Beast

By late afternoon Thursday, the Boston Police had reportedly cited TD Garden for having intoxicated minors on its premises.

From The Daily Beast

Despite the intoxicated revelry that is an Avicii live show, his songs make few mentions of alcohol or drugs.

From The Daily Beast

She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.

From Project Gutenberg

She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.

From Project Gutenberg

He tried to marry his daughter without a dowry to some man who was intoxicated with nobility.

From Project Gutenberg

He forbade wine because some of his followers once went intoxicated to prayers.

From Project Gutenberg

He makes the whole company intoxicated, and is the last to remain comparatively sober.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• delirious
• dizzy
• drunk