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INTOXICATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intoxicating mean?
• INTOXICATING (adjective)
The adjective INTOXICATING has 2 senses:
1. causing intoxication
2. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
Familiarity information: INTOXICATING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing intoxication
Synonyms:
intoxicant; intoxicating
Context example:
an intoxicating drink
Similar:
alcoholic (characteristic of or containing alcohol)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
Synonyms:
heady; intoxicating
Similar:
exciting (creating or arousing excitement)
Context examples
Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught?
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Intoxicating pepper may increase the effect of alcohol and of certain drugs used to treat anxiety and depression.
(Intoxicating pepper, NCI Dictionary)
Also called intoxicating pepper, rauschpfeffer, tonga, and yangona.
(Kava kava, NCI Dictionary)
In many places the ground was absolutely covered with them, and as we walked ankle-deep on that wonderful yielding carpet, the scent was almost intoxicating in its sweetness and intensity.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises users that intoxicating pepper may cause severe liver damage.
(Intoxicating pepper, NCI Dictionary)
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