intoxicated

in·tox·i·cat·ed

adj \-sə-ˌkā-təd\

Definition of INTOXICATED

: affected by or as if by alcohol : drunk

— in·tox·i·cat·ed·ly \-ˌkā-təd-lē\ adverb

Examples of INTOXICATED

1. He appeared to be very intoxicated.
2. Driving while intoxicated is illegal.

First Known Use of INTOXICATED

1576

Related to INTOXICATED

Synonyms: besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, drunk, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang]

Antonyms: sober, straight

Related Words: maudlin; beery; befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied; debauched, dissipated, dissolute; alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal

Near Antonyms: abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal; clearheaded, cool, level, steady

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Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with INTOXICATED

affiliated, articulated, coordinated, decaffeinated, encapsulated, incorporated, inebriated, interrelated, opinionated, premeditated, sophisticated, uncalculated, uncelebrated, uncomplicated, underinflated, unmediated, unmitigated, unsaturated, unsegregated