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

In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged. —Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025

Arnold’s drugged and chained and made to appear on the show. —Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025

The drugged murderers are disassociated in every sense. —Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

The dude can work in Van Halen song titles or stupid words from drugged-out journalists on demand and on command. —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025

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