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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca'ting\, adjective Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.
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]:
intoxicating
adjective
1: able to intoxicate [syn: {intoxicant}]
2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: {heady}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "intoxicating": agitating, alcoholic, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, electrifying, entrancing, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating, galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inebriant, inebriating, inebriative, inflammatory, inspiring, intoxicative, invigorating, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, provocative, provoking, ravishing, rousing, soul-stirring, spirituous, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, troubling, unsettling, upsetting
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