intoxication
Syllables: in·tox·i·ca·tion/ɪntɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/US/ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/
intoxication noun: a poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
Noun
intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)
- A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
- He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
- The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
- Synonyms:
- inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness
- The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
- 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
intoxication meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intoxication in Hindi
- state of being intoxicated
- नशा naśā
intoxication in Tamil
- வெறியூட்டுதல், பாதை, நச்சூட்டுப் பாதிப்பு, நஞ்சாதல், வெறித்தல், நச்சாதல்
intoxication in Marathi
- intoxication
- प्रमाद pramād
intoxication in Urdu
- intoxication, drunkenness
- نشہ naśa
More languagesFewer languages
- intoxication in Bengali
- নেশা neśa
- intoxication in Telugu
- మత్తు mattu, కైపు kaipu, మయికము mayikamu
- intoxication in Malayalam
- വെറി veṟi, മത്ത് mattŭ, ചൊരുക്ക് corukkŭ
- intoxication in Kannada
- ನಶೆ naśe, ಮದ mada
- intoxication in Punjabi
- ਨਸ਼ਾ naśā, ਮਸਤੀ mastī, ਖ਼ੁਮਾਰ xumār
- intoxication in Gujarati
- કેફ kěph, ઘેન ghěn
- intoxication in Odia
- ନିଶାସକ୍ତି
- intoxication in Sanskrit
- मुद् múd
- intoxication in Nepali
- नशा
- intoxication in Arabic
- إِنْتِشاء ʔintišāʔ
Examples of intoxication in a sentence
- Synaesthesia can occur particularly powerfully during mescalin and LSD intoxication, and is often given mystical significance.
- Out of the "lethal" experience is projected the intoxication immediately preceding the finding of words.
- By contrast they have a whole flock of words to discriminate the various degrees of intoxication.
Synonyms of intoxication
Forms of intoxication
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Words formed from intoxication
Words that rhyme with intoxication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about intoxication
- What does intoxication mean?
- Intoxication means a poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
- What is intoxication in Hindi?
- Intoxication in Hindi is नशा (naśā). See Intoxication meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intoxication?
- Intoxication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intoxication?
- Intoxication is pronounced /ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of intoxication?
- The plural of intoxication is intoxications.
Words near intoxication in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intoxication (page history and authors); intoxication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रमाद (Marathi) (page history and authors); نشہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); নেশা (Bengali) (page history and authors); కైపు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചൊരുക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ನಶೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਖ਼ੁਮਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કેફ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); intoxication (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मुद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); intoxication (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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