intoxication
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6.2
- noun
- /ɪnˌtɑk.sɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
:
euforia
- The crowd was filled with a sense of intoxication as the band played their final song.
Easy to rationalize and hard to truly understand when you're in the throes of the intoxication phase of an early romantic relationship.
- Easy to rationalize and hard to truly understand when you're in the throes of the intoxication phase of an early romantic relationship.
- So it's actually it's kind of given to this, this state of it's a sort of intoxication.
Examples
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Suddenly, a sort of wild intoxication shone through her eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Swept up in my emotional intoxication, I had kind of ignored that fact.
Fiction book (2000) -
How does one even begin to explain this kind of intoxication to another?
Blog text (9) -
For the first time, she understands intoxication in the presence of another.
Fiction book (1997) -
And so it goes, with scientific sobriety on one side and romantic intoxication on the other.
Academic text (2011) -
But after the intoxication of revolution comes, inevitably, the hangover.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jack pulled me up and kissed me deeply in a way that showed practice, forethought, and intoxication.
Fiction book (2002) -
Lunchtime was what Whistling Pete lived for: brightness, intoxication, energy, and truth.
Fiction book (1995) -
Such mundane calculations, however, are drowned in the intoxication of "revolution," which is being invoked in the Arab lands like a talisman.
Academic text (2011) -
Concentrative meditation is for quieting and stabilizing the mind, sobering up from our intellectual and emotional intoxication.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
57
6.1
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
45
6.8
A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement
5
7.9
A strong feeling of pleasure caused by drugs or alcohol
1
3.1
A strong feeling of joy and energy that makes you unable to sit still
A time when someone feels very happy or nervous and cannot calm down
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.9
A condition after drinking too much caffeine that makes you restless, sleepless and gives your heart a fast beat
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
intoxication = intoxicate (semi-transparent) = intoxicate + ion
The noun is a regular nominalization of 'intoxicate', but the sense 'heightened excitement/elation' is figurative/metaphorical rather than literal poisoning or drunkenness.
Etymology
Intoxication comes from the parts in- 'into' and toxicum 'poison', and a helpful way to remember the figurative meaning is to think of a powerful feeling acting like a 'poison' that takes over you. So the intoxication of success or joy means you are overwhelmed or carried away by that strong emotion.