1
a
: having the faculties impaired by alcohol
b
: having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law
legally drunk
2
: dominated by an intense feeling
drunk with rage
3
: relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken
drunk driving
1
: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated
a 2-day drunk
2
: one who is drunk
especially
: drunkard
Synonyms
Adjective
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Noun
Examples of drunk in a Sentence
Adjective
I don't like being around drunk people.
She was so drunk that she could barely walk.
I was drunk and couldn't think straight.
We got drunk on wine.
Noun
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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Recent Examples on the Web
Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
The real gag is catching the rare spectacle of drunk Sheldon, who burps the number of Pi and throws up on the clown decorations in the bathroom.
—Shay Spence, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
Just offscreen, as Lee is unfurling the emotional climax of the film, there were hordes of drunk bar patrons.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
Officers were told a person who appeared to be drunk had entered the hotel and stolen a bag of chips from its food market.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
Rongen drinks a lot, although he’s never seen especially drunk.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
At least a couple of drunk males in the audience seemed to be using the unhinged setting to rub against women in the audience and basically engage in the precise kind of toxic behavior the band is criticizing.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
Getting drunk during an interview with Playboy magazine Failing to complete a two-point conversion against the Wilcox High…
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The Fox
From Dragons, which will be published in March by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
—Devin Johnston, Harper's Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
An attorney says that his client was incredibly drunk while trying to kill himself.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
In the heat of the actors strike that had ground Hollywood to a halt for months, Fran Drescher told the 34 members of SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee a story about an aikido student in Japan who gets into a tiff with a drunk on a train.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
Still another associate recalls a night where Evans spent a solid 20 minutes genially persuading a belligerent drunk to vacate the lobby of the Beatles’ recording studio.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
Play/Pause Volume Embed Read by the translator. remains unwashed, and the waves
sleep;
reeds bend in no wind
like drunks.
—Taras Shevchenko, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The woman released the duck, which waddled away as through drunk, and grabbed another.
—Mathias Énard, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
Congress has been littered with racists and drunks and bribe-takers throughout its history.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
The wrecked and ransacked homes, the bodies of their inhabitants — broken, mad, dead, or dead drunk: This is the Ireland O’Casey sees in the wake of another glorious revolution.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
According to a 2023 Study 21 European Cities That Are Even More Charming in Winter
13 Best Hotels in Porto
LA: As for the best place to make friends and maybe get a little drunk, the dining car.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
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Adjective
The drunk night chronicle is a glimpse of where their sound is going.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
The real gag is catching the rare spectacle of drunk Sheldon, who burps the number of Pi and throws up on the clown decorations in the bathroom.
—Shay Spence, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
Just offscreen, as Lee is unfurling the emotional climax of the film, there were hordes of drunk bar patrons.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
Officers were told a person who appeared to be drunk had entered the hotel and stolen a bag of chips from its food market.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
Rongen drinks a lot, although he’s never seen especially drunk.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
At least a couple of drunk males in the audience seemed to be using the unhinged setting to rub against women in the audience and basically engage in the precise kind of toxic behavior the band is criticizing.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
Getting drunk during an interview with Playboy magazine Failing to complete a two-point conversion against the Wilcox High…
Read more
The Fox
From Dragons, which will be published in March by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
—Devin Johnston, Harper's Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
An attorney says that his client was incredibly drunk while trying to kill himself.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
Noun
Often high on drugs or drunk, Carlson hurled curses and insults at them, her followers have said.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
In the heat of the actors strike that had ground Hollywood to a halt for months, Fran Drescher told the 34 members of SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee a story about an aikido student in Japan who gets into a tiff with a drunk on a train.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
Still another associate recalls a night where Evans spent a solid 20 minutes genially persuading a belligerent drunk to vacate the lobby of the Beatles’ recording studio.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
Play/Pause Volume Embed Read by the translator. remains unwashed, and the waves
sleep;
reeds bend in no wind
like drunks.
—Taras Shevchenko, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The woman released the duck, which waddled away as through drunk, and grabbed another.
—Mathias Énard, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
Congress has been littered with racists and drunks and bribe-takers throughout its history.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
The wrecked and ransacked homes, the bodies of their inhabitants — broken, mad, dead, or dead drunk: This is the Ireland O’Casey sees in the wake of another glorious revolution.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
According to a 2023 Study 21 European Cities That Are Even More Charming in Winter
13 Best Hotels in Porto
LA: As for the best place to make friends and maybe get a little drunk, the dining car.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
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drunk
1 of 3past participle of drink
drunk
2 of 3 adjective1
: having consumed alcohol to the point that normal thinking or acting becomes difficult or impossible
2
: controlled by some feeling as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with power
3
a
b
: occurring while drunk
drunk driving
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