intoxicating

English

Adjective

intoxicating (comparative more intoxicating, superlative most intoxicating)

1. (of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.

   intoxicating liquor

   intoxicating product

2. (figurative) Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.

   intoxicating speech

Derived terms

• intoxicatingly
• nonintoxicating
• unintoxicating

Translations

able to intoxicate — see also inebriating

• Arabic: مُسْكِرٌ (muskirun)
• Finnish: huumaava (fi)
• German: berauschend (de)
• Hindi: मदिर (hi) (madir), मादक (hi) (mādak)
• Irish: meisciúil
• Māori: whakahaurangi
• Scottish Gaelic: daorachail
• Spanish: intoxicante (es), intoxicador (es), atosigante (es), atosigador (es)

exciting and stimulating

• Finnish: huumaava (fi)
• German: berauschend (de)
• Hindi: उत्तेजक (hi) (uttejak)
• Irish: meisciúil
• Scottish Gaelic: daorachail

Verb

intoxicating

1. present participle and gerund of intoxicate