intoxicate

Meaning

Verb

1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Inebriated, intoxicated.
2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
3. (obsolete) Empoisoned, smeared with poison, rendered poisonous.
4. (obsolete) Killed by poison.
5. (obsolete) Caused by poison.

Noun

One who is intoxicated.

Synonyms

make drunk

inebriate

stupefy

poison

befuddle

get drunk

elate

pick up

besot

soak

fuddle

uplift

drug

💊

lift up

> dhakwa

cheer

dose

exhilarate

intoxication

madden

nobble

stimulate

trance

narcotise

make tipsy

Translations

berauschen

intoxiquer

intoxicar

enivrer

embriagar

emborrachar

inebbriare

bedwelmen

intoxicar

intoxicar

intossicare

vergiftigen

vergiften

μεθώ

inebriare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1450, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicaten, from intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from intoxicātus, perfect passive participle of intoxicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear, anoint with poison”), from toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). By surface analysis, in- + toxic + -ate.