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 …—
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- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of intoxicated in a Sentence
He appeared to be very intoxicated.
Driving while intoxicated is illegal.
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The three-person commission has been the subject of recent turmoil after witnesses reported seeing Commissioner Todd Hiett grope a man while Hiett was extremely intoxicated at a conference in June.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Gomez pleaded guilty in September to second-degree reckless homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle in the crash.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
What prosecutors say happened Prosecutors have said the couple’s troubled relationship ended with an intoxicated Read backing into O’Keefe in her Lexus and leaving him for dead outside the home of the former sergeant, Brian Albert.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
He was found to be too intoxicated to care for himself and had multiple outstanding warrants.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Gomez pleaded guilty in September to second-degree reckless homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle in the crash.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
What prosecutors say happened Prosecutors have said the couple’s troubled relationship ended with an intoxicated Read backing into O’Keefe in her Lexus and leaving him for dead outside the home of the former sergeant, Brian Albert.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
He was found to be too intoxicated to care for himself and had multiple outstanding warrants.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for intoxicated
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“Intoxicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intoxicated. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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intoxicated
adjective
in·tox·i·cat·ed
-sə-ˌkāt-əd
: affected by an intoxicant and especially by alcohol
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