Synonyms of intoxicate
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Another word for intoxicate is drunken. Other synonyms of intoxicate are get drunk, inebriate, awaken, exhilarate and animate.
Synonyms and similar words for intoxicate
verbTo stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
verbTo excite to enthusiasm or madness.
- awaken
- exhilarateTo excite, to thrill.
- animateTo give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- electrify figurativelyTo strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
- enflame figuratively
- enkindle figurativelyTo kindle; to arouse or evoke.
- enthrillTo cause to thrill.
- exciteTo arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- fillipTo drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
- fire figurativelyTo inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- fire the blood
- galvanize figurativelyTo shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
- gin upTo stir up, stimulate, enliven, incite.
- ignite figurativelyTo spark off (something), to trigger.
- inflame figurativelyTo excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion), especially to an excessive or unnatural level.
- kindle figuratively
- quickenTo put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
- rouseOriginally chiefly followed by up: to cause (an emotional reaction, a feeling, etc.); to excite, to incite, to stir up.
- send slangTo get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- set fire to figuratively
- set on fire figurativelyTo arouse passionate feelings in.
- sharpen figuratively
- stir the blood
- thrill
- vitaliseTo make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate.
- wakeTo put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- warm the blood
- whet figurativelyTo make more keen or to stimulate (someone's appetite, interest, etc.); to hone, to sharpen.
- wind upTo excite.
- work upTo raise; to excite; to stir up.
- exagitate obsoleteTo excite, stir up.
- exsuscitate obsoleteTo rouse; to excite.
- suscitate obsoleteTo rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
- yerk Scotland, obsoleteTo rouse or excite.
adjectiveInebriated, intoxicated.
- chemically inconveniencedIntoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
- Adrian Quist AustraliaPissed (drunk).
- adrip US
- aled upDrunk.
- all mops and broomsIntoxicated; drunk.
- arseholedDrunk.
- a sheet in the windDrunk.
- a sheet in the wind's eyeDrunk.
- bedrunkenDrunken, drunk.
- befuddled
- beliquoredDrunken.
- besotted
- besotten
- bevviedDrunk.
- bibaciousAddicted to drinking alcohol; alcoholic.
- bibulous
- binned
- bingoedDrunk.
- bladdered
- blasted
- blewedDrunk.
- blind
- blind drunk
- blitzedDrunk; wasted.
- blocked Ireland
- blooteredDrunk.
- blottoedBlotto; drunk.
- blue
- bollocksed
- bombedIntoxicated; drunk or high.
- boozy
- bosky
- bottled
- Brahms slangPissed, drunk.
- Brahms and Liszt slangPissed, drunk.
- budgyDrunk.
- bungalowed
- burlin' dialectalDrunk, intoxicated.
- canned
- clobbered USDrunk.
- corned
- cocked
- cockeyed
- crapulous
- crocked
- cunted
- cut
- dead drunkDrunk to the point of unconsciousness.
- destroyed
- disguised
- drunk
- drunk as a piperThoroughly drunk.
- drunked upDrunk.
- ebriatedInebriated; drunk.
- ebrioseInebriated; drunk.
- elephant's slangDrunk (intoxicated with alcohol).
- elephant's trunk slang
- elevated
- faced
- fershnickeredIntoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- floored
- flush
- flushedRed in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
- flustered
- fluted Ireland
- fluthered IrelandVery drunk.
- feeling no pain euphemisticDrunk.
- fou ScotlandDrunk.
- four sheets in the windDrunk.
- fresh
- fried
- frosted
- fuckered up
- fuckfaced
- fuddled
- full Australia
- fuzzy-headed
- fuzzy-mindedSynonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
- gassed
- gatteredDrunk.
- gee-eyed Ireland, slangVery drunk.
- gesuipDrunk.
- gishedDrunk.
Meaning of intoxicate
- verb To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
- verb To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
- adjective Inebriated, intoxicated.
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