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intoxication

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intoxication

1 the condition of being drunk

  • there's a firm distinction between the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and overindulgence to the point of intoxication
Synonyms of intoxication

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety
Words Related to intoxication

tipsiness

insobriety, intemperance

alcoholism

bender, binge, brannigan, jag, souse, spree, toot

2 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

  • the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love
Synonyms of intoxication

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport
Words Related to intoxication

exaltation

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

inspiration

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness
Near Antonyms of intoxication

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes
Antonyms of intoxication

depression

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