Intoxication

3 definitions found

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

  Intoxication \In*tox`i*ca"tion\, n.
     1. (Med.) A poisoning, as by a alcoholic or a narcotic
        substance.
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     2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation;


        ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making
        drunk.
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     2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to
        enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
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              That secret intoxication of pleasure. --Spectator.
  
     Syn: Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety;
          infatuation; delirium. See {Drunkenness}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intoxication
       n 1: the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic
            substance [syn: {poisoning}, {toxic condition}]
       2: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of
          alcohol [syn: {drunkenness}, {inebriation}, {inebriety}, {tipsiness}]
          [ant: {soberness}]
       3: excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the
          intoxication of wealth and power"

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

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxication":
     abandon, autointoxication, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment,
     blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blood poisoning, cheer,
     cheerfulness, cloud nine, craze, delectation, delight, delirium,
     ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, ergotism, exaltation,
     exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, fire and fury, food poisoning,
     frenzy, furor, furore, fury, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness,
     heaven, high spirits, hysteria, joy, joyance, joyfulness, madness,
     milk sickness, orgasm, orgy, overhappiness, overjoyfulness,
     paradise, passion, poisoning, ptomaine poisoning, pyemia, rage,
     rapture, ravishment, sepsis, septic poisoning, septicemia,
     septicopyemia, seventh heaven, sunshine, tearing passion,
     towering rage, toxemia, transport, unalloyed happiness,
     venenation