BEERY Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

beery

adjective

Definition of beery

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

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Adjective

This concoction has a mix of the classic cherry note, but adds a twist with rose, almond, and amaretto for a slightly boozy, deeper finish than your typical fruit scent.

— Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2026
At those warmer temperatures, red wine can actually start to taste overly boozy or heavy.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of boozy

Adjective

With bio-sensors, of course, as explained by a drunken tech bro (Nicholas Braun) in an exclusive lounge.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
After schlepping his way up to P-town, spying on Nancy smooching a guy from work, and being thrown out of a local eatery known as the Flagship for drunken assholery, Bourdain begins his journey in earnest.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of drunken

Adjective

Ormund, who has spent the entirety of the battle looking for Ulf, finally finds the dragonseed passed out in the latrine after a morning spent in Lord Footly’s kitchen getting drunk on the Footly stores of ale.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of drunk

Adjective

The breaking of silence in a tipsy twilight, if only for the sake of comical nonsense, can be as blessed as the break of dawn.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of tipsy

Adjective

Social media and Reddit are full of enthusiasts ready to move right in — including quite a few who are possibly too inebriated to settle on an actual television show.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
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

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

On the night of July 25, deputies were called to rural property near Hale and Miramonte avenues after reports of intoxicated people in the street and someone throwing bottles at cars.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
These same aggressive, heavily intoxicated individuals then board the Colfax buses.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 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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