drugged

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adjective

ˈdrəgd 

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: affected, intoxicated, or stupefied by or as if by a drug or the habitual use of drugs

… drivers who are repeatedly convicted of driving while drunk or illegally drugged.

—Linda Koco

Don't use sleeping pills; you cannot dream lucidly when you are drugged.

—Zsuzsanna E. Budapest

… Walter, drugged by warmth after the cold day's slog, dozed in his chair …

—K. Brenda Mager

—often used in combination with -out or -up

a drugged-out lifestyle

Russell Brand, known for a movie role as a drugged-out rock star, has a new show premiering Thursday.

—Bill Brioux

She urged students to avoid getting behind the wheel with a drunk or drugged-up driver.

—Susan Mende

2

: occurring while under the influence of an intoxicating drug

drugged driving

3

: containing an illicit intoxicating drug usually added surreptitiously

On Wednesday, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department released a general community safety information post on Facebook to alert locals and tourists of the dangers of drugged drinks at local bars.

—Nico Madrigal Yankowski

drugged

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past tense and past participle of drug

Examples of drugged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Unfortunately, the effects of this high-pressure, drugged performance show. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

Meanwhile, Gu-cheon has woken up from his drugged slumber and heads into the Realm of the Gwi. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026

But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Equally deft are Fitzwater’s amazingly smooth staging and Dunn’s deliriously frenzied choreography, such as the liquid mercury depiction of Mary Jane in a drugged daze drifting through chores. — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for drugged

• unplugged
• bugged
• chugged
• hugged
• lugged
• mugged
• plugged
• shrugged
• slugged
• tugged