fried

adjective

\ ˈfrīd

Definition of fried

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

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Synonyms & Antonyms for fried

Synonyms

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, 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]

Antonyms

sober, straight

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

With tequila cocktails at the bar and Morty’s Oyster Stand serving delicious plates of lobster mac and cheese, ceviche, and their special fried chicken, many guests danced under the stars until almost midnight. — Vogue, "Sienna Miller, Elsa Hosk, and Jeremy O. Harris Celebrate Gucci X Melet Mercantile," 15 July 2019 Most locals agree the road was named after Laura Lamb, who lived along the road and was known in the 1930s for her fried chicken. — Fox News, "Idaho mayor says 'NO WAY, NO CHANCE' to PETA's request to rename Chicken Dinner Road," 7 July 2019 Brunch items will include fried chicken and waffles, steak and eggs, avocado bruschetta, huevos rancheros, shrimp and grits, the Royal Hangover Burger and a Maple Bacon Waffle Burger. — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, "USA vs. Netherlands: Where to watch the Women’s World Cup finals in South Florida," 5 July 2019 The family-run restaurant, opened by matriarch Denise Peterson in 2014, offers gluten-free and standard options for its waffles, pancakes, bread, and batter for its crisp fried chicken and fish. — Birmingham Magazine, al.com, "Food News: kitchen garden service, new wine shop, and more," 5 July 2019 Most Houston foodies have their go-to place for fried chicken. — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, "Houston restaurants mark National Fried Chicken Day," 3 July 2019 Natasha Pogrebinsky wants to add fried chicken to that list. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Chef creates fried-chicken recipe she wants Cleveland to embrace as its own," 1 July 2019 Much has been made of the chefs who travel to Paris to study French cuisine, only to find that their true passion lies in attempting to re-create the fried chicken and biscuits of their childhood in Montgomery. — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, "Coming Back to Ackee and Salt Fish, Jamaica’s National Dish," 1 July 2019 At the sushi bar and tables in the main room, the à la carte menu offers classic izakaya-style starters like gyoza, Japanese fried chicken, and tempura. — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, "One of Mexico City’s Hottest Restaurant Groups Fuses Mexican and Japanese Influences," 29 June 2019

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