drunk

¹drunk

Definition of DRUNK

past participle of drink

²drunk

adjective \ˈdrəŋk\

Definition of DRUNK

1

a : having the faculties impaired by alcohol

b : having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law <legally drunk>

2

: dominated by an intense feeling <drunk with rage>

3

: relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken <drunk driving>

Examples of DRUNK

1. I don't like being around drunk people.
2. She was so drunk that she could barely walk.
3. I was drunk and couldn't think straight.
4. We got drunk on wine.

Origin of DRUNK

Middle English drunke, alteration of drunken

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DRUNK

Synonyms

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang], in one's cups, in the bag [slang], three sheets in the wind (or three sheets to the wind), under the influence, under the weather

Antonyms

sober, straight

Related Words

maudlin; beery; befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied; debauched, dissipated, dissolute; alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal

Near Antonyms

abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal; clearheaded, cool, level, steady

Other Drug/Tobacco Terms

controlled, flake, herb, key, sodden

Rhymes with DRUNK

bunk, chunk, clunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, junk, monk, plunk, punk, skunk, spunk, sunk, thunk, trunk

³drunk

noun

Definition of DRUNK

1

: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated <a 2-day drunk>

2

: one who is drunk; especially : drunkard

Examples of DRUNK

1. <you can't trust anything that old drunk says>
2. <after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything>

First Known Use of DRUNK

1779

Related to DRUNK

Synonyms

alcoholic, alkie (or alky) [slang], boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunkard, inebriate, juicehead [slang], juicer [slang], lush, rummy, soak, soaker, sot, souse, tippler, toper, tosspot

Related Words

swigger, swiller; wino

Near Antonyms

abstainer, nondrinker, teetotaler (or teetotaller), teetotalist

Other Drug/Tobacco Terms

controlled, flake, herb, key, sodden