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Adjective intoxicating has 2 senses
- intoxicant, intoxicating - able to intoxicate
Antonyms: nonalcoholic, soft (indirect, via alcoholic)
- heady, intoxicating - extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
Antonym: unexciting (indirect, via exciting)
Verb intoxicate has 3 senses
- elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentences:
The good news will intoxicate her
The performance is likely to intoxicate Sue
- intoxicate, soak, inebriate - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
--2 is one way to affect
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- intoxicate - have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
--3 is one way to poison
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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