A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
2
The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
3
The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4
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.
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Synonyms
noun — a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of al
drunkenness
inebriation
inebriety
tipsiness
insobriety
noun — the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic
He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
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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.
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03
Intoxication is what happens when the brain is affected by certain stimulants.
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Shugo is a colloquial way of referring to someone who can drink large quantities of alcohol and additionally not feel the effects of intoxication.
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Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
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The aphorism is, how to say it?, the champagne of melancholia; each short statement encapsulates years of disillusionment distilled in a moment of intoxication.
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