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adjective

in-ˈtäk-sə-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce intoxicated (audio)
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol state police warned that there would be zero tolerance for intoxicated drivers over the long holiday weekend

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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion the intoxicated moment when she found out that she'd won the award

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verb

past tense of intoxicate
1
as in thrilled
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings the stunning spectacle of this Las Vegas show is sure to intoxicate spectators

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as in excited
to fill with great joy she was intoxicated by the news that she'd gotten the job of her dreams

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Recent Examples of intoxicated
Adjective
Investigators learned that Hellewell had offered to walk home with one of her male friends, who’d become overly intoxicated. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Since at least the 1970s and 1980s, there have been incidents of gang rape of intoxicated, incapacitated women in fraternity houses. — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
Melissa Rycroft has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, again. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Things got rocky for JT a few years later in 2024, when he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intoxicated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoxicated
  1. drunk
  2. ecstatic
  3. thrilled
  4. excited
  5. drunken
  6. giddy
  7. electrified
  8. elated
Adjective
  • Except Moe is nice, caring, and talented, while Matt is arrogant, unpleasant, and, at the beginning of the episode, belligerently drunk.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Two Northfield, Minnesota, police officers were injured while arresting a woman suspected of driving drunk after a series of hit-and-run crashes that damaged three vehicles and two homes Monday evening, police said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of drunk
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  • From a roomful of ecstatic socialists to Hollywood’s creative class and Karen Bass’s loyalists, Vanity Fair went party-hopping on a night when everyone had something to celebrate.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Judging by initial reaction to Ryan Poles’ trade for Jeffery Simmons, the vast majority of Bears fans were somewhere between ecstatic and quite satisfied.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Verb
  • Leo thrilled them by looping around the plaza in his popemobile.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • As a baseball fan and reporter for my school newspaper, I was thrilled that Satchel was joining the Oilers.
    — Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of thrilled
Verb
  • Though some people were taken aback by her eagerness to be in the sky, Filgueiras was excited by it.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The products’ custom orange-floral scent complete the entire at-home experience, which means you’ll actually be excited come hair-wash day.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of excited
Adjective
  • In it, the man was bleeding from his temple, after what the caller alleged was a drunken fight.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But earlier this year Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, told The Times the airline was having to divert almost one aircraft a day because of drunken and aggressive behaviour by passengers, and called for morning drinking at airports to be banned.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • Episodes easily conveyed the filmmakers’ giddy excitement for the next big battle scene, the next big twist, and the next big moment in their Tolkien translation.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The film’s giddy opening moments fall into a tradition of New York movies that sweep us up, in a disorienting, intoxicating blur, into the city’s after-hours enclaves.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of giddy
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  • This was him—sans manager and inching toward divorce with Sara Lownds, the mother of his first five children—acting on his own advice, gathering his friends and just getting onstage, high and electrified and focused and free.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Sidewalks, footbridges, crosswalks, parks, esplanades, car-free plazas — just about every public space where pedestrians should feel at ease has been infested by a chaotic swarm of vehicles, both electrified and not.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of electrified
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  • The debate within the Democratic coalition is already bigger and louder, dividing moderates in swing states from progressives elated by Mamdani's rocket to victory in the nation's largest city.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Intoxicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoxicated. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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