intoxications

noun

plural of intoxication
as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love

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Recent Examples of intoxications Its graphic clarity teems with ornament and glitter, visual intoxications that signal delusions and snares. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoxications
  1. ecstasies
  2. joys
  3. pleasures
Noun
  • But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
    — Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of ecstasies
Noun
  • Did the woman who has spent a career immersed in romance with all of its joys and sorrows really exchange vows in what's essentially her workplace?
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • During her appearance on Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie podcast, Hudson bonded with the mom of four, 34, about the joys of having children.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of joys
Noun
  • The change will mean sacrificing small pleasures in the name of convenience, Will Gottsegen argues.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • One of our simple pleasures was riding our bikes and screeching all the way down.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of pleasures

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