INTOXICATING

heady, intoxicating

(adjective) extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

intoxicant, intoxicating

(adjective) causing intoxication; “an intoxicating drink”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

intoxicating (comparative more intoxicating, superlative most intoxicating)

(of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.

(figurative) Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.

Verb

intoxicating

present participle of intoxicate

Source: Wiktionary

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In*tox"i*ca`ting, a.

Definition: Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors.

INTOXICATE

In*tox"i*cate, a. Etym: [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. Toxic.]

1. Intoxicated.

2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. Chapman.

In*tox"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]

1. To poison; to drug. South.

2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. With new wine inoxicated both. Milton.

3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot. They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc. ).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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