drunken

drunken

adjective

Definition of DRUNKEN

1

being under the influence of alcohol <the drunken revelers made sure to take taxis home instead of trying to drive>

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]

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

Antonyms sober, straight

2

given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages <drunken ne'er-do-wells who had been pressed into service in the British navy>

Synonyms bibulous, drunken, intemperate, sottish

Related Words debauched, dissipated, dissolute; drunk, high, inebriated, intoxicated, loaded [slang], soused, tipsy

Near Antonyms clearheaded, sober, straight; abstemious, abstinent, teetotal

Antonyms temperate