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

Of the students who reported being drugged, 79% were female. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025

McSweeney’s language moves like a drugged animal in a fluorescent tunnel—half divine, half municipal. —Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025

Even though the detective is armed with hotel footage, Harrison tries to stay calm, downplaying his role as Foster’s bellhop and knowledge of the drugged woman Foster was parading around. —Nick Caruso, TVLine, 18 July 2025

The victim told officials that he was bound at the wrists and drugged, shocked with electric wires, hit in the head with a firearm and dangled over a ledge at the top of stairs. —Jared Gans, The Hill, 26 May 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