intoxicate

[US]/ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/
[UK]/ɪnˈtɑːksɪkeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. make someone drunk, exhilarated, or thrilled.
Word Forms
Past Participleintoxicated
Present Participleintoxicating
Past Tenseintoxicated
Third Person Singularintoxicates

Phrases & Collocations

be intoxicated

ole päihtynyt

intoxicated by love

rakkaudesta päihtynyt

intoxicated with success

menestyksestä päihtynyt

intoxicated by power

vallasta päihtynyt

Example Sentences

be intoxicated by success

häikäistyä menestyksestä

he was intoxicated by cinema.

hänen viehätti elokuvat.

She was intoxicated with success.

Hän oli haltioissaan menestyksestä.

They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented.

Heidät tuli syvästi humalaiseksi ja he menettivät täysin suuntavaistonsa.

In troublous times people grow intoxicated there more on words than on wine.

Vaikeina aikoina ihmiset humaltuvat enemmän sanoista kuin viinistä.

were killed when an intoxicated driver broadsided their car.

heivät kuolleet, kun päihtynyt kuljettaja osui heidän autoonsa kyljeltä.

An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life.  A swirl of water and a ‘cloop!’

An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life.  A swirl of water and a ‘cloop!’

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