punch-drunk

punch–drunk

adj \ˈpənch-ˌdrəŋk\

Definition of PUNCH-DRUNK

1

: suffering cerebral injury typically marked by mental confusion, incoordination, and slurred speech and usually resulting from minute brain hemorrhages caused by repeated head blows in boxing

2

: behaving as if punch-drunk : dazed, confused

Origin of PUNCH-DRUNK

²punch

First Known Use: 1918

Related to PUNCH-DRUNK

Synonyms: addle, addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), spacey (also spacy), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out

Antonyms: clearheaded, unconfused

Related Words: senseless, unconscious

Near Antonyms: alert, conscious

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