as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances
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Recent Examples of sozzled
Fancy restaurants might lay on luxury AVs to ferry sozzled customers home, as part of the cost of a meal.
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The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information.
—Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017
Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged.
—Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
Neither does his awkward incursion into the dismal marriage of his lover (Katharina Schüttler) and her sozzled husband.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 29 June 2017
The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information.
—Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017
Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged.
—Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
Neither does his awkward incursion into the dismal marriage of his lover (Katharina Schüttler) and her sozzled husband.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sozzled
Adjective
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And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.—
Helen Schulman,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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The film starred Harbour as a drunken, disillusioned Santa Claus ready to hang up his hat when his sense of heroism is stirred by a young girl whose family is taken hostage.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Even what seems like a one-time drunken slipup with a stranger is usually rooted in something deeper.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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But my favorite controversy came in the 1985 series, when the Flyers’ radical idea of letting their goalies have a water bottle on top of the net resulted in Glen Sather threatening to pull the Oilers off the ice while demanding to know whether buckets of fried chicken were next.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Much of Lucky Bird’s clientele are office workers who place orders for fried chicken sandwiches, tenders, wings and sides like cheddar jalapeño biscuits.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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“Sozzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sozzled. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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