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, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, ecstasy, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transportWords 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, lightheartednessNear 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, mopesAntonyms of intoxication depression