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- Dictionaryintoxicating/ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of alcoholic drink or a drug) liable to cause someone to lose control of their faculties or behaviour. Similar Opposite
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INTOXICATING definition: 1. (of a substance) able to make you lose some control of your actions or behaviour: 2. (of an…. Learn more.
1. a. : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished. b. : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy. 2. : poison. intoxicate. 2 of 2. adjective. in· tox· i· cate in-ˈtäk-si-kət. archaic. : intoxicated sense 1. Did you know?
(of alcohol or another drug) to make someone lose some control of their actions or behaviour: The plant has the power to heal or intoxicate. It took surprisingly little drink to intoxicate him. to make someone excited, happy, and slightly out of control: Their music never fails to intoxicate me.
Intoxicating definition: causing or capable of causing intoxication. See examples of INTOXICATING used in a sentence.
adj. 1. (Brewing) (of an alcoholic drink) producing in a person a state ranging from euphoria to stupor, usually accompanied by loss of inhibitions and control; inebriating. 2. stimulating, exciting, or producing great elation. inˈtoxiˌcatingly adv.
to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor. to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him. Pathology. to poison.
If you describe something as intoxicating, you mean that it makes you feel a strong sense of excitement or happiness.