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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
1. To poison; to drug. --South.
2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G. Eliot.
They are not intoxicated by military success. --Jowett (Thuc.).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intoxicated
adjective
1: stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" [syn: {drunk}, {inebriated}] [ant: {sober}]
2: as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement" [syn: {drunk}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicated": abandoned, ablaze, addled, affected, afire, amok, ardent, beery, befuddled, bellowing, bemused, berserk, besotted, blind, blind drunk, blotto, boiled, boiling over, bombed, boozy, breathless, burning, canned, carried away, cockeyed, concerned, cordial, crapulent, crapulous, crocked, cut, dazed, delirious, demoniac, disguised, distracted, dizzy, dopey, drenched, drunk, drunken, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, far-gone, febrile, feral, ferocious, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, flaming, flushed, flustered, fou, frantic, frenzied, fried, fuddled, full, fulminating, furious, galvanized, gay, giddy, glorious, glowing, haggard, half-seas over, happy, hearty, heated, hog-wild, hot, howling, hysterical, impassioned, in a transport, in hysterics, in liquor, in the bag, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intense, interested, jagged, jolly, juiced, keen, lit, lit up, lively, loaded, looped, loopy, mad, madding, maniac, maudlin, mellow, merry, moved, muddled, nappy, oiled, on fire, organized, orgasmic, orgiastic, passionate, pickled, pie-eyed, piqued, pissed, pixilated, plastered, polluted, possessed, potted, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, red-hot, reeling, roaring, running mad, screwy, shikker, shot, sloppy, smashed, sodden, soppy, sotted, sozzled, steaming, steamy, stewed, stiff, stimulated, stinking, stinko, stoned, storming, swacked, tanked, tiddly, tight, tipsy, transported, turned-on, uncontrollable, under the influence, under the weather, unrestrained, vigorous, violent, warm, wet, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, zealous, zonked
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