zonked

1 of 2

adjective

ˈzäŋ(k)t 

ˈzȯŋ(k)t

: stupefied by or as if by alcohol or a drug

zonked

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of zonk

Synonyms of zonked

Adjective

• hooked
• ripped
• loaded
• wasted
• high
• bombed
• addicted
• stoned
• zonked-out
• blasted
• hopped-up

Examples of zonked in a Sentence

Adjective

later claimed that she was zonked for the entire recording session

her only living relative is a permanently zonked sister who can't even care for herself

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Marla wears a stony expression, clearly too zonked to take in any of it. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025

After the Monkees split, Nesmith began his eccentric solo career, with amiably zonked records that were years ahead of their time. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021

Only Andersson, the doyen of inaction movies, could offer beatitudes to the ineffectual and the zonked. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021

Most people take pre-workout for performance reasons or to simply feel better and less zonked when working out. — SELF, 27 Aug. 2020

And that's what an asphalt nation of zonked American teenagers did during the '80s. — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 8 Jan. 2020

But the overall effect of Gail Daughtry is to re-create the happily zonked university afternoons during which so many fans of my generation steeped ourselves in the elegant inanity of Wain’s output. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

But the movie’s high point is a scene where Diane Varsi, playing the most zonked member of Max’s entourage (which includes a young Richard Pryor), addresses Congress as if from the stage of the Fillmore. — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2016

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of zonk.

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1959, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing zonked

• zonked-out

Rhymes for zonked

• honked