intoxicated

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪtɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tox‧i‧cat‧ed

Adjective

intoxicated (comparative more intoxicated, superlative most intoxicated)

1. Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
   • 2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The bar had two entrances, one on Barrow and another via Bedford, and “86” referred to the address of the door from which intoxicated or unruly guests would be ejected.

2. Stupefied by any chemical substance.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• intexticated
• intoxicated-like
• intoxicatedly
• intoxicatedness
• nonintoxicated
• unintoxicated

Translations

stupefied by alcohol

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سكران (sakrān)

• Bashkir: иҫерек (iśerek)
• Bengali: মস্ত (bn) (mosto)
• Bulgarian: пиян (bg) (pijan)
• Catalan: ebri (ca), embriac (ca), alcoholitzat (ca) (formal)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏴᏍᏕᏓ (uyvsdeda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒醉 (zh) (jiǔzuì)

• Czech: opilý (cs)
• Danish: beruset (da), fuld (da), drukken
• Dutch: dronken (nl), bedronken (nl), gealcoholiseerd (nl), zat (nl) (Flemish)
• Finnish: päihtynyt (fi) (formal), kännissä (fi) (informal), juovuksissa (fi) (formal), humalassa (fi), naamoissa (slang), lärvissä (slang), naamat (slang), lärvit (fi) (slang), juopunut (fi), kuosissa (slang), humalainen (fi), perse olalla (fi) (very drunk, informal), jurrissa (informal), hiprakassa (slightly drunk), huppelissa (childish)
• French: ivre (fr)
• Galician: ebrio (gl), embriagado (gl), alcoholizado (formal), borracho (gl) (informal), bébedo (gl) (informal)
• Georgian: მთვრალი (mtvrali), ნასვამი (nasvami)
• German: besoffen (de), betrunken (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 (drugkans)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: μέθυσος (méthusos)

• Hindi: मदिर (hi) (madir), मत्त (hi) (matt)
• Hungarian: ittas (hu), kapatos (hu), mámoros (hu), részeg (hu)
• Ingrian: humalikas
• Latin: ēbrius, tēmulentus
• Manx: er meshtey, scooyrit
• Māori: rore, haurangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beruset

• Persian: مست (fa) (mast)
• Plautdietsch: bedrunken, besopen
• Portuguese: embriagado (pt), ébrio (pt), alcoolizado (pt) (formal)
• Romanian: beat (ro), amețit (ro), alcoolizat (ro), îmbătat (ro), băut (ro)
• Russian: опьянённый (ru) (opʹjanjónnyj), опьяне́вший (ru) (opʹjanévšij), пья́ный (ru) (pʹjányj)
• Sanskrit: मत्त (sa) (matta), प्रमत्त (sa) (pramatta)
• Spanish: ebrio (es), alcoholizado (es) (formal), embriagado (es), bebido (es) (informal, Spain), borracho (es) (colloquial, Spain), mamado (es) (colloquial, chiefly Mexico), escabio (es) (Latin America, colloquial)
• Tamil: குடிபோதையில் இரு (kuṭipōtaiyil iru)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş), مخمور (mahmur)

stupefied by any chemical substance

• Bashkir: иҫерек (iśerek)
• Bulgarian: упоен (bg) (upoen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昏昏沉沉 (zh) (hūnhūnchénchén)

• Finnish: päihtynyt (fi), huumattu (fi) (by someone)
• German: berauscht (de)
• Māori: rore, rou
• Portuguese: intoxicado (pt)
• Romanian: intoxicat (ro), otrăvit (ro)
• Russian: одурма́ненный (ru) (odurmánennyj), одуре́вший (ru) (odurévšij)
• Spanish: escabio (es) (Latin America, colloquial), grifo (es)
• Tamil: போதையில் இரு (pōtaiyil iru)

Verb

intoxicated

1. simple past and past participle of intoxicate