Intoxication, n.
1. (Med.)
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.
1 more senses
Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists intoxication only as an antonym, under abstinence.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given