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
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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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
When the rest of the group passes out drunk, Regis tends to Geralt’s lingering wound from the disastrous battle with Vilgefortz.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Eilert is soon drunk and distraught over seemingly losing his manuscript, and Hedda tells her ex-lover to kill himself.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
When the rest of the group passes out drunk, Regis tends to Geralt’s lingering wound from the disastrous battle with Vilgefortz.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
When Macy was growing up, her mother worked in a factory and her dad was known as the town drunk.
—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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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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