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# intoxicated

«intoxicated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (intoxicated); verb, past form of intoxicate (intoxicate, intoxicates, intoxicated, intoxicating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, law) Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#m1)

2) Very excited and happy, as if drunk: intoxicated by success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In law, news and health (driving while intoxicated is a crime and dangerous); in stories about excitement. Phrases: driving while intoxicated, intoxicated with joy.

### examples

- It is illegal to drive while intoxicated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x1)
- The police said the man was intoxicated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x2)
- The team was intoxicated by their win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x3)
- Alcohol is not safe for children's growing bodies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x4)
- She felt intoxicated by the smell of roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x5)
- Intoxicated people may fall and hurt themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x6)
- Of the latter he drank so freely that he presently became intoxicated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/#x7)

### note

Formal word for drunk. Noun: intoxication. Adjective intoxicating: very exciting. Safety: driving after drinking is dangerous and illegal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intoxicated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.