Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
- adj. Stupefied by any chemical substance.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of intoxicate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. as if under the influence of alcohol
- adj. stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Examples
“What on this list gets at the distinctive qualities of reading, those qualities that involve not merely being mesmerized ( "intoxicated" is Powers's preferred term) by the secondary effects of prose fiction ( "generous portions of character," "the tacit rules of the narrative") but lead to reflection or rumination, or to an enhanced appreciation of the possibilities of writing and reading?”
“The Canadian Corps was not a wild horde to be let loose in intoxicated frenzy, as battles of old were sometimes fought.”
“No, Madam; I only get what you may call intoxicated, and not with liquor neither; and I feel it coming on me now -- I do indeed!”
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
“I have known some star comedians to go on the stage intoxicated, which is an unpardonable offense, and for which such persons should be driven out of the show business.”
The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession
“Mr. Greeven's account also, Lalbeg, the patron saint of the sweepers, is described as intoxicated with the hemp drug on two occasions.”
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
“LOUIS Reuters - A St. Louis police officer shot and killed an off-duty sheriff's deputy late Thursday when the deputy, described as intoxicated and agitated, appeared to pull out a gun during an argument, police said Friday.”
“A rider saw the couple - described as intoxicated and "old enough to know better" by TTC spokesman Brad Ross - having sex on the subway and pushed the passenger assistance alarm.”
“This is the second instance in the last week where authorities say an individual described as intoxicated fell into very cold water and succumbed quickly.”
“Malcore said the suspect will also be charged with fourth offense operating while intoxicated, which is now a felony.”
“The man, who police described as intoxicated, said he was in his motel room in the 3600 block of Leopard Street with a female friend when another female acquaintance arrived along with two men.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘intoxicated’.
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Bibulosity
Adjectives meaning, or approximating to 'drunk'
Pissed, Ratted, Merry, Tipsy, Legless, Blootered, Mortal, Inebriated, addled, tiddly, stewed, roistered and 39 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 941 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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words i love
mahogany, serenity, quell, requiem, parhelion, echo, surfacing, ethereal, melodic, vivid, sirenic, sprightly and 122 more...
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A Dram Too Many
notanotherjazzpoet had a very promising list which appears to have petered out. Yes, tosspots: descriptions of being drunk. Walk five metres on the white line then leave your suggestions right here.
drunk, guttered, pissed, baked, three sails in th..., smashed, paralytic, out of your tree, hammered, bombed, glazed, blotto and 336 more...
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Letters, October-December
Interesting words from communications between me and boychild from October to December 2008.
cunnilingus, transcendentalism, snakecharm, snork, gaggle, efterklang, lamé, arbitrarily, ramsey, gothish, prettyboy, purification and 25 more...
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Bridge to Terabithia 2
Words 20-40
garish, parapet, prescribed, regicide, speculation, vile, melodic, prissily, consolidated, ominously, intoxicated, vigorous and 8 more...
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There's a glass of punch below your f...
buzzed, tanked, drunk, smashed, trashed, puzzled, tore up, wasted, lubricated, tipsy, obliterated, tossed and 21 more...
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urrbody in the club get...
plastered, hammered, shitfaced, blotto, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, crocked, flushed, wasted, totaled, soused and 22 more...
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Happy
raptures, blissful, elated, enchanted, gleeful, jubilant, intoxicated, exultant, euphoric, sprightly, vivacious, rapturous and 5 more...
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breesays's Words
audacity, intoxicated, vexing, hyperbole, neurotic, meteoric, mercurial, malicious, solicit, affliction, aura, effervescent and 50 more...
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emotion
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for intoxicated.

seanahan I probably say sex would have to be up there as well. Nov 11, 2007
reesetee That says a lot about us, doesn't it? Nov 11, 2007
lampbane There are more synonyms for being intoxicated than for any other condition or object in the English language. Nov 11, 2007