beery

adjective

Definition of beerynext
as in boozy

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Recent Examples of beery Around five, the sun broke through the clouds, a beery yellow light that made the leaves glint like glass. — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 In 2023, Thomas made beery history by earning the title of Master Cicerone from the Cicerone Certification Program. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2023 Something about the smell of beery body odours attracts mosquitoes. — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beery
  1. boozy
  2. drunken
  3. drunk
  4. tipsy
  5. inebriated
  6. inebriate
  7. intoxicated
  8. besotted
Adjective
  • This thick, creamy and boozy blended milkshake was invented by Detroit bartender Jerome Adams at the Bayview Yacht Club in 1968 and captures the spirit of Detroit’s sailing scene, according to Laidlaw.
    — Kate Bradshaw, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Her current menu actually offers nine mocktails, compared to eight boozy beverages.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of boozy
Adjective
  • Known as Hangover Noodles, the restaurant serves dishes from a diverse array of Southeast Asian cuisines, from curry and stir-fry to drunken noodles and pho, according to its website.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • With hooliganism rife in English soccer in the 1980s, a narrative blaming drunken, ticketless and rowdy Liverpool fans was created by police, and was only overturned by years of campaigning by victims’ families.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • The victims’ families believe Trost, who had been returning from a restaurant when the crash occurred, was drunk at the time.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026
  • These days, noisy, drunk, barely dressed visitors holiday hard in condos that have been converted into vacation rentals.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of drunk
Adjective
  • Randy Quaid played the tipsy Vietnam vet and former alien abductee Russell Casse, who ultimately delivers righteous vengeance upon Earth’s otherworldly invaders.
    — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • Taqueria Hoy remains a refuge for factory workers, restaurant crews, tipsy clubbers, cops, families, insomniacs and others hungry in between.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Definition of tipsy
Adjective
  • The woman told Politico that Platner came to her home uninvited and in an inebriated state in 2021 and forcibly had sex with her.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Police said Gillum himself was too inebriated to talk about what happened.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of inebriated
Adjective
  • Or simply to help other individuals in dire straits — like the widow (Whitney Morgan Cox) and daughter (Veda Cienfuegos) of that inebriate driver, their current plight worsened by the bankruptcy brought on by a Bernie Madoff-like financial predator?
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2023
  • The money covers additional shelter beds, more street outreach, rapid rehousing, safe parking and the serial inebriate program.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
Definition of inebriate
Adjective
  • Aleman appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety exercises.
    — Mark Price July 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • The records show Peden was previously convicted in Allen County of operating while intoxicated, including a 2018 Level 6 felony conviction stemming from an earlier operating while intoxicated offense.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of intoxicated
Adjective
  • In the first five minutes, her Judith stabs a man at a party, escapes on skis and celebrates a job well done by bedding a besotted hottie.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • There’s a reason why the most violent parts of the far right are so besotted with these images.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Definition of besotted

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