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English verb: intoxicate | |||
| 1. | intoxicate (emotion) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | ||
| Samples | Music can uplift your spirits. | ||
| Examples | The good news will intoxicate her, The performance is likely to intoxicate Sue | ||
| Synonyms | elate, lift up, pick up, uplift | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beatify, beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, puff, thrill, tickle pink | ||
| Cause | joy, rejoice | ||
| Antonyms | cast down, deject, depress, dismay, dispirit, demoralise, demoralize, get down | ||
| 2. | intoxicate (consumption) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | ||
| Synonyms | inebriate, soak | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | befuddle, fuddle | ||
| 3. | intoxicate (body) have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poison | ||
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