Intoxication interferes with memory and thinking, speech and coordination.
Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, tipsiness, inebriety More Synonyms of intoxication
2. uncountable noun
You use intoxication to refer to a quality that something has that makes you feel very excited.
[literary]
...the intoxication of greed and success. [+ of]
Synonyms: excitement, euphoria, elation, exhilaration More Synonyms of intoxication
intoxication in British English
(ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
drunkenness; inebriation
2.
great elation
3.
the act of intoxicating
4.
poisoning
intoxication in American English
(ɪnˌtɑksɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
an intoxicating or becoming intoxicated
; specif.,
a.
a making or becoming drunk
b. Medicine
a poisoning or becoming poisoned, as by a drug, serum, etc.
2.
a feeling of wild excitement; rapture; frenzy
Examples of 'intoxication' in a sentence
intoxication
It said that people misusing the drugs showed extreme intoxication and uninhibited risky behaviour.
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The local hospital says that it treats an average of ten cases a week of drug or alcohol intoxication during the summer.
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A coroner yesterday accepted a pathologist's findings that the primary cause of death was hypothermia, and the secondary cause was alcohol intoxication.
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1 (noun)
Definition
the state of being drunk
Intoxication interferes with memory and thinking.
Synonyms
drunkenness
Even in his drunkenness, he recognized her.
inebriation
tipsiness
inebriety
insobriety
2 (noun)
Definition
great excitement and exhilaration
the intoxication of greed and success
Synonyms
excitement
The audience was in a state of great excitement.
euphoria
There was euphoria when the election result was announced.
elation
His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.
exhilaration
A wave of exhilaration swept through me.
infatuation
delirium
exaltation
The city was swept up in the mood of exaltation.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of elation
Definition
a feeling of great happiness and excitement
His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.
Synonyms
joy,
delight,
thrill,
excitement,
ecstasy,
bliss,
euphoria,
glee,
rapture,
high spirits,
exhilaration,
jubilation,
exaltation,
exultation,
joyfulness,
joyousness
in the sense of euphoria
Definition
a feeling of great but often unjustified or exaggerated happiness
There was euphoria when the election result was announced.