Intoxicating

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
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     1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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     2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
        strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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              With new wine inoxicated both.        --Milton.
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     3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
        madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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              Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
                                                    Eliot.
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              They are not intoxicated by military success.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thuc.).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
     Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
     intoxicating liquors.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intoxicating
       adj 1: able to intoxicate [syn: {intoxicant}]
       2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: {heady}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicating":
     agitating, alcoholic, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging,
     disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, electrifying,
     entrancing, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating,
     galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling,
     heart-thrilling, impressive, inebriant, inebriating, inebriative,
     inflammatory, inspiring, intoxicative, invigorating, jarring,
     jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming,
     overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant,
     provocative, provoking, ravishing, rousing, soul-stirring,
     spirituous, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking,
     suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly,
     troubling, unsettling, upsetting