Synonyms: drunk, tight [informal], smashed [slang], pissed [British, Australian, New Zealand, slang] More Synonyms of intoxicated
2. adjective
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.
Synonyms: euphoric, excited, exhilarated, high [informal] More Synonyms of intoxicated
intoxicated in British English
(ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd)
adjective
1.
drunk
He appeared intoxicated, police said.
2.
excited; extremely stimulated
These leaders can become intoxicated with a sense of their own omnipotence.
They seem to have become intoxicated by their success.
The villains then became intoxicated by their celebrity and continued to commit crimesto maintain the euphoria.
Examples of 'intoxicated' in a sentence
intoxicated
Sitting there I felt intoxicated with perfume and the drink which I felt was more potent than he had admitted.
Holt, Victoria THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
He came across the intoxicated guard he'd left close to the main gates.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
In other languages
intoxicated
British English: intoxicated ADJECTIVE
Someone who is intoxicated is drunk.
He appeared intoxicated, police said.
American English: intoxicated
Brazilian Portuguese: embriagado
Chinese: 喝醉的
European Spanish: embriagado
French: ivre
German: betrunken
Italian: ubriaco
Japanese: 酔った
Korean: 술 취한
European Portuguese: embriagado
Latin American Spanish: embriagado
1 (adjective)
He appeared intoxicated, police said.
Synonyms
drunk
I got drunk and had to be carried home.
tight (informal)
He laughed loudly. There was no doubt he was tight.
smashed (slang)
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
He was just lying there completely pissed.
canned (slang)
high (informal)
cut (British, slang)
flying (slang)
bombed (slang)
stoned (slang)
wasted (slang)
hammered (slang)
steaming (slang)
wrecked (slang)
stiff (slang)
out of it (slang)
plastered (slang)
drunken
Drunken yobs smashed shop windows.
blitzed (slang)
lit up (slang)
stewed (slang)
under the influence
He was charged with driving under the influence.
tipsy
legless (informal)
paralytic (informal)
By the end of the evening, they were all paralytic.
sozzled (informal)
steamboats (Scottish)
blatted (British, slang)
boozed-up (informal)
dronkverdriet (South Africa)
elephants (Australian, slang, slang)
broken (South Africa, informal)
boozed-up (slang)
kaylied (British, slang)
langered (Irish, slang)
lashed (British, slang)
mashed (British, slang)
mullered (slang)
ossified (Irish, slang)
sat (South Africa)
stukkend (South Africa, slang)
trashed (slang)
off your face (slang)
zonked (slang)
blotto (slang)
fuddled
the worse for drink
inebriated
He was obviously inebriated by the time dessert was served.
out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
drunk as a skunk
in your cups (informal)
rat-arsed (taboo, slang)
Brahms and Liszt (slang)
half seas over (British, informal)
bevvied (dialect)
three sheets in the wind (informal)
babalas (South Africa)
2 (adjective)
They had become intoxicated by their success.
Synonyms
euphoric
There was an atmosphere of euphoric excitement.
excited
He was so excited he could hardly speak.
exhilarated
high (informal)
He was too high on drugs and alcohol to remember them.
sent (slang)
stimulated
dizzy
ecstatic
He was ecstatic about the birth of his first child.
elated
I was elated by my success.
infatuated
I was utterly infatuated by her.
enraptured
Additional synonyms
in the sense of drunken
Definition
intoxicated with alcohol
Drunken yobs smashed shop windows.
Synonyms
intoxicated,
smashed (slang),
drunk,
flying (slang),
bombed (slang),
wasted (slang),
hammered (slang),
steaming (slang),
wrecked (slang),
out of it (slang),
boozing (informal),
blitzed (slang),
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
lit up (slang),
bladdered (slang),
under the influence (informal),
tippling,
toping,
red-nosed,
legless (informal),
paralytic (informal),
steamboats (Scottish, slang),
off your face (slang),
zonked (slang),
bibulous,
blotto (slang),
inebriate,
out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
sottish,
rat-arsed (taboo, slang),
Brahms and Liszt (slang),
bevvied (dialect),
boozed-up (slang),
dronkverdriet (South Africa),
elephants (Australian, slang),
kaylied (British, slang),
langered (Irish, slang),
mashed (British, slang),
mullered (slang),
ossified (Irish, slang),
sat (South Africa),
stukkend (South Africa, slang),
trashed (slang),
broken (South Africa, informal),
Adrian Quist (Australian, slang),
(gin-)sodden
in the sense of ecstatic
He was ecstatic about the birth of his first child.
Synonyms
rapturous,
entranced,
enthusiastic,
frenzied,
joyous,
fervent,
joyful,
elated,
over the moon (informal),
overjoyed,
blissful,
delirious,
euphoric,
enraptured,
on cloud nine (informal),
cock-a-hoop (old-fashioned),
blissed out,
transported,
rhapsodic,
sent,
walking on air,
in seventh heaven,
floating on air,
in exaltation,
in transports of delight,
stoked (informal)
in the sense of elated
Definition
extremely happy and excited
I was elated by my success.
Synonyms
joyful,
excited,
delighted,
proud,
cheered,
thrilled,
elevated,
animated,
roused,
exhilarated,
ecstatic,
jubilant,
joyous,
over the moon (informal),
overjoyed,
blissful,
euphoric,
rapt,
gleeful,
sent,
puffed up,
exultant,
in high spirits,
on cloud nine (informal),
cock-a-hoop (old-fashioned),
blissed out,
in seventh heaven,
floating or walking on air,
stoked (informal)
Nearby words of
intoxicated
intonation
intone
intoxicate
intoxicated
intoxicating
intoxication
intractability
Related terms of
intoxicated
intoxicate
Synonyms of 'intoxicated'
intoxicated
Explore 'intoxicated' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of excited
He was so excited he could hardly speak.
Synonyms
thrilled,
stirred,
stimulated,
enthusiastic,
high (informal),
moved,
wild,
aroused,
awakened,
animated,
roused,
tumultuous,
aflame
in the sense of fuddled
Synonyms
drunk,
flying (slang),
bombed (slang),
wasted (slang),
smashed (slang),
hammered (slang),
steaming (slang),
wrecked (slang),
out of it (slang),
blitzed (slang),
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
lit up (slang),
bladdered (slang),
intoxicated,
tipsy,
stupefied,
legless (informal),
paralytic (informal),
woozy (informal),
sozzled (informal),
steamboats (Scottish, slang),
off your face (slang),
zonked (slang),
blotto (slang),
inebriated,
out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
rat-arsed (taboo, slang),
Brahms and Liszt (slang),
bevvied (dialect),
babalas (South Africa)
in the sense of high
Definition
under the influence of alcohol or drugs
He was too high on drugs and alcohol to remember them.
Synonyms
intoxicated,
stoned (slang),
spaced out (slang),
tripping (informal),
turned on (slang),
on a trip (informal),
delirious,
euphoric,
freaked out (informal),
hyped up (slang),
off your face (slang),
loved-up (informal),
zonked (slang),
inebriated
in the sense of inebriated
Definition
drunk
He was obviously inebriated by the time dessert was served.
Synonyms
drunk,
wasted (slang),
tight (informal),
smashed (slang),
canned (slang),
high (informal),
flying (slang),
bombed (slang),
stoned (slang),
hammered (slang),
steaming (slang),
wrecked (slang),
out of it (slang),
plastered (slang),
blitzed (slang),
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
lit up (slang),
merry (British, informal),
bladdered (slang),
under the influence (informal),
intoxicated,
tipsy,
befuddled,
legless (informal),
under the weather (informal),
blatted (British, slang),
boozed-up (informal),
dronkverdriet (South Africa),
elephants (Australian, slang),
blatted (British, slang),
broken (South Africa, informal),
boozed-up (slang),
kaylied (British, slang),
langered (Irish, slang),
lashed (British, slang),
mashed (British, slang),
mullered (slang),
ossified (Irish, slang),
sat (South Africa),
stukkend (South Africa, slang),
trashed (slang),
paralytic (informal),
sozzled (informal),
steamboats (Scottish, slang),
off your face (slang),
half-cut (informal),
blind drunk,
high as a kite (informal),
zonked (slang),
blotto (slang),
the worse for drink,
inebriate,
out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
drunk as a skunk,
bacchic,
in your cups,
rat-arsed (taboo, slang),
Brahms and Liszt (slang),
half seas over (informal),
bevvied (dialect),
three sheets in the wind (informal),
babalas (South Africa),
fou or fu' (Scottish),
pie-eyed (slang)
in the sense of infatuated
Definition
carried away by an intense and unreasoning passion for someone
I was utterly infatuated by her.
Synonyms
obsessed,
fascinated,
captivated,
possessed,
carried away,
inflamed,
beguiled,
smitten (informal),
besotted,
bewitched,
intoxicated,
crazy about (informal),
spellbound,
enamoured,
enraptured,
under the spell of,
head over heels in love with,
swept off your feet
in the sense of paralytic
Definition
very drunk
By the end of the evening, they were all paralytic.
Synonyms
drunk,
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
intoxicated,
wasted (slang),
canned (slang),
flying (slang),
bombed (slang),
stoned (slang),
smashed (slang),
hammered (slang),
steaming (slang),
wrecked (slang),
out of it (slang),
plastered (slang),
blitzed (slang),
lit up (slang),
stewed (slang),
sloshed (slang),
legless (informal),
tired and emotional (euphemistic),
steamboats (Scottish, slang),
off your face (slang),
zonked (slang),
blotto (slang),
inebriated,
out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
rat-arsed (taboo, slang),
blatted (British, slang),
boozed-up (informal),
dronkverdriet (South Africa),
elephants (Australian, slang),
blatted (British, slang),
broken (South Africa, informal),
boozed-up (slang),
kaylied (British, slang),
langered (Irish, slang),
lashed (British, slang),
mashed (British, slang),
mullered (slang),
ossified (Irish, slang),
sat (South Africa),
stukkend (South Africa, slang),
trashed (slang),
Brahms and Liszt (slang),
bevvied (dialect),
pie-eyed (slang)
in the sense of pissed
Definition
drunk
He was just lying there completely pissed.
Synonyms
drunk,
wasted (slang),
wrecked (slang),
plastered (slang),
intoxicated,
canned (slang),
bombed (slang),
loaded (slang, US, Canadian),
smashed (slang),
steaming (slang),
out of it (slang),
blitzed (slang),
hammered (slang),
pickled (informal),
bladdered (slang),
sloshed (slang),
legless (informal),
paralytic (informal),
steamboats (Scottish, slang),
zonked (slang),
blotto (slang),
inebriated,
rat-arsed (taboo, slang),
blatted (British, slang),
boozed-up (informal),
dronkverdriet (South Africa),
elephants (Australian, slang),
blatted (British, slang),
broken (South Africa, informal),
boozed-up (slang),
kaylied (British, slang),
langered (Irish, slang),
lashed (British, slang),
mashed (British, slang),
mullered (slang),
ossified (Irish, slang),
sat (South Africa),
stukkend (South Africa, slang),
trashed (slang),
Brahms and Liszt (slang),
bevvied (dialect),
fu' (Scottish),
pie-eyed (slang)
in the sense of tight
Definition
drunk
He laughed loudly. There was no doubt he was tight.