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intoxicate

/ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/US/ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/

intoxicate verb: to stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

  1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
  2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

Adjective

UK/ɪnˈtɒksɪkət/US/ɪnˈtɑksɪkət/

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

  1. (obsolete) Inebriated, intoxicated.
  2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
    • Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the...
    Synonyms:
    fever-pitched, highwrought, animated, ardent, avid, big [⇒ thesaurus] [on], bubbly, eager, earnest, ebullient
  3. (obsolete) Empoisoned, smeared with poison, rendered poisonous.
  4. (obsolete) Killed by poison.
  5. (obsolete) Caused by poison.

Noun

UK/ɪnˈtɒksɪkət/US/ɪnˈtɑksɪkət/

intoxicate (plural intoxicates)

  1. (obsolete) One who is intoxicated.

intoxicate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

intoxicate in Tamil

மது அருந்துவதால் ஏற்படும் போதை, ஒருவித மயக்க நிலை

intoxicate in Urdu

مخمور کرانا, نشہ کرانا

intoxicate in Bengali

মাতাল করা, নেশাগ্রস্ত করা, অত্যন্ত উত্তেজিত, আনন্দিত করা

intoxicate in Malayalam

ലഹരി പിടിപ്പിക്കുക, വിഷംകൊടുക്കുക, മത്തു പിടിപ്പിക്കുക, മോഹിപ്പിക്കുക
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intoxicate in Kannada
ಅಮಲೇರಿಸು, ಮತ್ತು ಬರಿಸು, ಆನಂದ ಪರವಶಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿ ಉದ್ವೇಗಗೊಳಿಸು
intoxicate in Arabic
أَسْكَرَ ʔaskara

Examples of intoxicate in a sentence

  • Sellers like Saf take regular taba and mix it with potent chemicals to enhance its intoxicating effect.
  • Together, the four tassa players produced an intoxicating rhythm that held the visitors almost entranced.
  • The copy shop had the most intoxicating smell — sweet and chemical.

All 15 example sentences with intoxicate

Synonyms of intoxicate

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Forms of intoxicate

Verb
third-person singular presentintoxicates
present participleintoxicating
past participleintoxicated
pastintoxicated
Adjective
comparativemore intoxicate
superlativemost intoxicate
Noun
pluralintoxicates

Origin of intoxicate

First attested in 1450, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicaten, from intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from intoxicātus, perfect passive participle of intoxicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear, anoint with poison”), from toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). By surface analysis, in- + toxic + -ate.

First attested in 1425, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from intoxicate

Questions about intoxicate

What does intoxicate mean?
Intoxicate means to stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
What is intoxicate in Tamil?
Intoxicate in Tamil is மது அருந்துவதால் ஏற்படும் போதை, ஒருவித மயக்க நிலை. See Intoxicate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intoxicate?
Intoxicate can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce intoxicate?
Intoxicate is pronounced /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of intoxicate?
The past tense of intoxicate is intoxicated.

Words near intoxicate in the dictionary

  1. intouchedness
  2. intown
  3. intoxicable
  4. intoxicant
  5. intoxicants
  6. intoxicate
  7. intoxicated
  8. intoxicated-like
  9. intoxicatedlike
  10. intoxicatedly
  11. intoxicatedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intoxicate (page history and authors); intoxicate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intoxicate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intoxicate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intoxicate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intoxicate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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