intoxication | Definition of intoxication

Synonyms and Antonyms of intoxication

1 the condition of being drunk

there's a firm distinction between the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and overindulgence to the point of intoxication

Synonyms of intoxication

drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety

Words Related to intoxication

insobriety, intemperance

bender, binge, brannigan, jag, souse, spree, toot

2 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love

Synonyms of intoxication

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport

Words Related to intoxication

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms of intoxication

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

Antonyms of intoxication