different between drunken vs intoxicate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???k?n/
• Rhymes: -??k?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ?edruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkan? (“to drink”), equivalent to drink +? -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).

Verb

drunken

1. (archaic) past participle of drink

Adjective

drunken (comparative more drunken, superlative most drunken)

1. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
   • "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."
2. Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
3. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.

   a drunken display of crude exuberance

4. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
   1. Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.

      drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice

Synonyms

• drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• drunkenly
• drunkenness
• drunken noodles
• drunken shrimp
• drunkensome

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (“to drown; get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkan?n? (“to get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunk; intoxicated”). Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.

Verb

drunken (third-person singular simple present drunkens, present participle drunkening, simple past and past participle drunkened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate

Low German

Etymology

From drinken, cognate to English drunken, Dutch dronken.

Adjective

drunken (comparative drunkener, superlative drunkenst)

1. drunk, drunken

Declension

Synonyms

• duun
• bedrunken
• anduunt
• dick
• drietendick
• besapen
• betüdelt
• vull
• benusselt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intoxic?tus, past participle of intoxic?, from Latin toxic? < toxicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (toxikón).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t/

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?k?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?k?t/

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

Synonyms

• (to stupefy): to drunken, inebriate

Related terms

• intoxication
• toxic

Translations

Adjective

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

1. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
   • 1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston, Eastward Ho

     Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

Anagrams

• excitation