intoxicating Syllabification: (in·tox·i·cat·ing)Pronunciation: /inˈtäksikātiNG/Translate intoxicating | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of intoxicating adjective (of alcoholic drink or a drug) liable to cause intoxication. exhilarating or exciting:the intoxicating touch of freedomDerivatives intoxicatingly adverb intoxicating in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of intoxicating in the British & World English dictionary