intoxication

Examples

• All

• You're under arrest for assault and public intoxication.

  Identity Thief (2013)

• The usual class C misdemeanors: seventeen arrests for public intoxication and nine for trespass.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Public intoxication will get you locked up.

  Super Zeroes (2012)

• The accused, in a state of intoxication, attacked and killed Billy Corman.

  The Last Wave (1977)

• Thus, defense lawyers say, intoxication defenses are not likely to succeed.

  Academic text (1998)

• Marijuana is a more popular drug than ecstasy, and the effects of its intoxication are better understood by the public.

  Academic text (2006)

• Legislatures and courts increasingly are just saying no to intoxication as a defense or mitigating factor.

  Academic text (1998)

• Its lively, at times rowdy clientele is in various stages of intoxication.

  Fiction book (1997)

• At this level of intoxication, disgraceful behavior includes small deviations from proper social etiquette.

  Academic text (1990)

• Convicted second-degree murderer Samuel Levi Erwin challenged a Missouri statute banning intoxication defenses.

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

D

drunkenness

vsintoxication

20 4.4

A state of being very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is the same idea but emphasizes temporary reduction of control

I

inebriation

vsintoxication

• Formal

3 7.6

Being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is used here to stress temporary, not a permanent condition

I

inebriety

vsintoxication

• Formal

1 9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is defined as a temporary state rather than a lasting condition

I

insobriety

vsintoxication

9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is focused on temporary loss rather than a general state

Antonyms

S

sobriety

49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

Compounds

C

caffeine intoxication

• Specialized

1 5.9

A condition after drinking too much caffeine that makes you restless, sleepless and gives your heart a fast beat

How Intoxicated

drunkenness

20 4.4

intoxication

11 5.1

tipsiness

• Informal

5.6

sobriety

49 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology