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intoxicated

[ in-tok-si-key-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

affected by a substance that intoxicates; drunk; inebriated.
mentally or emotionally exhilarated.
Synonyms: enthralled, ecstatic, enrapt, rapturous, rapt

First recorded in 1550–60; intoxicate + -ed ²

Between 1999 and 2008, the number of severely intoxicated young women who wound up in E.R.s rose by 52 percent.

She is said by one witness to have appeared extremely intoxicated.

Lehmberg ultimately pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated.

By late afternoon Thursday, the Boston Police had reportedly cited TD Garden for having intoxicated minors on its premises.

Despite the intoxicated revelry that is an Avicii live show, his songs make few mentions of alcohol or drugs.

She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.

She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.

He tried to marry his daughter without a dowry to some man who was intoxicated with nobility.

He forbade wine because some of his followers once went intoxicated to prayers.

He makes the whole company intoxicated, and is the last to remain comparatively sober.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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