fried

adjective

ˈfrīd 

1

: cooked in hot oil or butter : cooked by frying

fried eggs

fried chicken

fried dough

2

: damaged or destroyed by an electrical surge or malfunction

The man behind the counter hooked up my computer to another machine and then gave me the bad news. "I'm afraid your hard drive is fried," the technician said.

—Tom McNichol

3

US, informal

a

: intoxicated, high

… too fried on crystal meth to be gambling on a game of pool, but doing it nonetheless.

—Joseph Wambaugh

… what about that time you got fried at the frat house after the big game against State and the judge fined you $50 and costs for dropping quarts of beer in paper bags out the second-floor window?

—Russell Baker

b

: mentally exhausted

At dinner after the book signing, he's fried, barely able to converse.

—Rick Martin

After spending about 14 hours on ESPN Radio, SportsCenter and espn.com, Gammons was completely fried.

—Rich Eisen

Synonyms

• drunk
• drunken
• wet
• impaired
• wasted [slang]
• stewed
• bombed
• pickled
• plastered
• loaded [slang]
• gassed

Examples of fried in a Sentence

Sorry, I'm just fried today.

grew up in a family in which Dad got fried on every weekend and holiday

Recent Examples on the Web

But unfortunately, indulging too much in fried foods will trigger your cortisol. —Audrey Noble, Vogue, 25 June 2025

Those two disparate memories become a bowl of Venetian-style risotto with a small mound of rock crab meat sourced from that same crabbing boat and a fried egg espuma in the middle. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025

This plate is a visual feast of crispy fries, Kalua pork and bulgogi, topped with a fried egg and furikake. —Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025

Settle in for saltwater fishing (rod rentals are available), or tuck into a tray of fried shrimp and a frozen drink at Pier 101 Restaurant and Bar. —Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing fried

• chicken-fried steak
• fried rice

Rhymes for fried

• bide
• bride
• chide
• cried
• died
• dried
• dyed
• eid
• eide
• eyed
• flied
• glide