About The Word Intoxication
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Intoxication
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What's The Definition Of Intoxication?
[n] excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power"
[n] a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [n] the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance Synonyms | Synonyms for Intoxication: drunkenness | inebriation | inebriety | poisoning | tipsiness | toxic condition Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | alkali poisoning | caffeinism | caffiene intoxication | carbon monoxide poisoning | cyanide poisoning | ergotism | excitement | exhilaration | grogginess | mercury poisoning | naphthalene poisoning | nicotine poisoning | ophidism | paraquat poisoning | pesticide poisoning | physiological condition | physiological state | salicylate poisoning | sottishness | temporary state Intoxication In Webster's Dictionary \In*tox`i*ca"tion\, n.
1. (Med.) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic
substance.
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation;
ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making
drunk.
2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to
enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
That secret intoxication of pleasure. --Spectator.
Syn: Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety;
infatuation; delirium. See {Drunkenness}.
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