intoxicate
verb[IorT]
formaluk/ɪnˈtɒk.sɪ.keɪt/us/ɪnˈtɑːk.sɪ.keɪt/(ofalcoholor anotherdrug) to make someonelosesomecontroloftheiractionsorbehaviour:
Theplanthas thepowertohealor intoxicate.
It tooksurprisinglylittledrinkto intoxicate him.
to make someoneexcited,happy, andslightlyout ofcontrol:
使(某人)陶醉,兴奋,略微失去控制Theirmusicneverfailsto intoxicate me.
Just thenamesare enough to intoxicate: Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, Modigliani.
- There areproblemswtihcannabis, as there are with anysubstancethat intoxicates you.
- Thechampagnewasflatandcompletelyfailedto intoxicate us.
- Enzymes in thestomachbreakdown some of thealcoholbefore it has thechanceto intoxicate.
- He wasaccusedofdeliberatelyintoxicating her.
- Thesightsandscentsof theislandintoxicated me.
- Is it theadmirationof thecrowdthat intoxicates?
Drunkenness & sobriety
- alcoholic
- alky
- battered
- beer goggles
- binge drinker
- binge drinking
- blasted
- drunk dial
- have a few (too many)idiom
- inebriate
- inebriated
- inebriating
- inebriation
- muzzy
- roaring drunkidiom
- shit-faced
- slaughtered
- slewed
- sloshed
- whacked
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