impaired

im·paired

adjective \-ˈperd\

Definition of IMPAIRED

: being in a less than perfect or whole condition: as

a : disabled or functionally defective —often used in combination <hearing-impaired>

b : intoxicated by alcohol or narcotics <driving while impaired>

Examples of IMPAIRED

1. <driving while impaired is against the law>
2. <special devices for sight-impaired visitors>

First Known Use of IMPAIRED

1582

Related to IMPAIRED

Synonyms

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, drunk, 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]

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

Rhymes with IMPAIRED

fair-haired, long-haired, misleared, prepared, unpaired, wirehaired

impaired

adjective    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of IMPAIRED

: being in a less than perfect or whole condition: as a : disabled or functionally defective—often used in combination <hearing-impaired> b : intoxicated by alcohol or narcotics <driving while impaired>