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Intoxication

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

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Ergotism 76% connected

A logical deduction.

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Grogginess 76% connected

State of being groggy.

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Excitement 76% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Exhilaration 76% connected

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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Drunkenness 92% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inebriation 92% connected

The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.

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Inebriety 92% connected

Drunkenness; inebriation.

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Insobriety 92% connected

Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

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Poisoning 92% connected

of Poison

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Tipsiness 92% connected

The state of being tipsy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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