Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb intoxicate
3 senses of intoxicate
Sense 1
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate -- (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits")
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")
Sense 2
intoxicate, soak, inebriate -- (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))
=> affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate")
Sense 3
intoxicate -- (have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug)
=> poison -- (administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die")