intoxication en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- /ɪntɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intoxications | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
postintoxication · water intoxication · public intoxication · reintoxication · xenointoxication · alcohol intoxication · infoxication · autointoxication · monointoxication · auto-intoxication · lipointoxication
Synonyms
inebriation · drunkenness · ebriety
Translations (64)
fi juopumus (state of being intoxicated) · de Berauschtsein (state of being intoxicated) · fi humala (excitement) · lv saindēšanās (poisoning) · pl intoksykacja (poisoning) · cs intoxikace (poisoning) · hy արբեցում (excitement) · mk возбуду́вање (excitement) · hi नशा (state of being intoxicated) · hu ittasság (state of being intoxicated) · ar إِنْتِشاء (state of being intoxicated) · fr intoxication (poisoning) · hu illumináltság (state of being intoxicated) · mk тру́ење (poisoning) · sv intoxikation (poisoning) · fi päihdytys (act of intoxicating) · fi päihdemyrkytys (poisoning) · ka სიმთვრალე (state of being intoxicated) · io ebrieso (state of being intoxicated) · grc μέθη (poisoning) · bg напиване (state of being intoxicated) · lv intoksikācija (poisoning) · hy թունավորում (poisoning) · de Trunkenheit (state of being intoxicated) · pl zatrucie (poisoning) · hu mámor (excitement) · fi päihdyttäminen (act of intoxicating) · bg опиянение (state of being intoxicated) · it avvelenamento (poisoning) · scn ntòssicu (poisoning) · de Berauschung (state of being intoxicated) · fi alkoholimyrkytys (poisoning) · fi huumaus (excitement) · mk опи́еност (state of being intoxicated) · ka გაბრუება (state of being intoxicated) · gd smùid (state of being intoxicated) · mi whakahaurangitanga (state of being intoxicated) · fi päihtymys (state of being intoxicated) · de Vergiftung (poisoning) · mi haurangitanga (state of being intoxicated) · de Rausch (state of being intoxicated) · gd misg (state of being intoxicated) · ota سرخوشلق (state of being intoxicated) · ro intoxicație (poisoning) · cs otrava (poisoning) · el μεθύσι (poisoning) · hu részegség (state of being intoxicated) · sk otrava (poisoning) · de Berauschung (excitement) · gd daorach (state of being intoxicated) · uga 𐎌𐎋𐎗𐎐 (state of being intoxicated) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (state of being intoxicated) · bg силна възбуда (excitement) · it intossicazione (poisoning) · de Betrunkensein (state of being intoxicated) · he שכרון (poisoning) · hu mérgezés (poisoning) · nl intoxicatie (poisoning) · de Rausch (excitement) · mk возбу́деност (excitement) · el μέθη (poisoning) · bg отравяне (poisoning) · ka თრობა (state of being intoxicated) · de Intoxikation (poisoning)