intoxicated

adjective

in·​tox·​i·​cat·​ed in-ˈtäk-sə-ˌkā-təd 

1

: affected by alcohol or drugs especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished

especially : drunk

2

: emotionally excited, elated, or exhilarated (as by great joy or extreme pleasure)

… the traveler who has become intoxicated by the vision of Serengeti's exotic animals …

—Harold Hayes

intoxicatedly

in-ˈtäk-sə-ˌkā-təd-lē 

adverb

Synonyms of intoxicated

• drunk
• drunken
• impaired
• fried

Examples of intoxicated in a Sentence

He appeared to be very intoxicated.

Driving while intoxicated is illegal.

Recent Examples on the Web

At one party, O'Connor handed an underaged teenager a condom and pushed him into a room with an intoxicated minor. —Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

It is positioned somewhere between an intoxicated confession, a cry for absolution, and a desperate defense. —Literary Hub, 28 May 2026

Court documents described O'Connor providing a boy with a condom and pushing him into a room with an intoxicated girl, who later escaped and locked herself in a bathroom. —Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Now age 10, Arlo (Reggie Absolom) is the precocious result of Peter’s intoxicated coupling with his late mother Leonora (Paris Petitjean), who since has taken her own life. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for intoxicated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated

Medical Definition

intoxicated

adjective

in·​tox·​i·​cat·​ed -sə-ˌkāt-əd 

: affected by an intoxicant and especially by alcohol