intoxicating

intoxicating
    adj 1: causing [syn: {intoxicant}, {intoxicating}]
    2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn:
       {heady}, {intoxicating}]
    

Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
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   1. To poison; to drug. --South.
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   2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
      strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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            With new wine inoxicated both.        --Milton.
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   3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
      madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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            Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
                                                  Eliot.
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            They are not intoxicated by military success.
                                                  --Jowett
                                                  (Thuc.).
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Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
   Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
   intoxicating liquors.
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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