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besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, 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 (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang]
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The trailer already features some promising material to look forward to: a drunken Rudolph serenading Dratch on a piano, for instance, and then completely face-planting off of it. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "Wine Country Looks Like the Next Bridesmaids," 11 Apr. 2019 One night, a group of drunken men insulted and attacked her, shooting her three times. — Teen Vogue, "Mexican Revolutionary Petra Herrera Posed as a Man to Fight for Her Country," 1 Apr. 2019 Russian authorities have detained a drunken man who boarded a commercial flight in the Siberian city of Surgut bound for Moscow. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "Drunken Siberian Man Hijacks Commercial Plane Bound for Moscow," 22 Jan. 2019 Goldsmith admitted hitting his wife and knocking her to the ground after a drunken argument which was allegedly over his drug use. — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, "Meghan Markle's estranged half-brother demands relatives to be treated like Kate Middleton's family," 22 Aug. 2018 The guy was arrested for allegedly shoving a gun against his girlfriend’s head in a drunken argument. — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, "Royal wedding betrays the less-than-classy side of an American bride's family," 18 May 2018 Those shots were then interspersed among the video’s gripping narrative, which depicts the backstory of a drunken young woman leaving a bar with her date. — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, "Why Chris Janson Wept When He Saw His New 'Drunk Girl' Music Video: 'This One Broke Me Down Quick'," 22 May 2018 The drunken woman was not wearing shoes, had an empty purse and her hair was disheveled. — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Woman says ex-boyfriend came at her with knife: Richmond Heights Police Blotter," 20 Apr. 2018 At the second address, the 10-year-old daughter of Marland Reed, convicted in Arizona of aggravated drunken driving, answers Special Agent Torrez’s knock. — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, "California agents are on the hunt for targeted guns," 24 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'drunken.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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