intoxicated

intoxicated
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Drunk]
Syn. inebriated, tipsy, plastered*; see dizzy 1 , drunk .
2. [Unduly elated]
Syn. stimulated, exhilarated, enthralled, overwhelmed; see excited , rapt .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
drunk, inebriated, tipsy, besotted, soused.
ANT.: sober, *on the wagon
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, sodden, tipsy. Informal: cock-eyed, stewed. Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in (or to) the wind. See DRUGS.

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