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
  • And, of course, some people just want to down a really boozy shot—to each their own.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 July 2026
  • Naturally, those walks have often turned into quests for something cold, boozy and blended.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of boozy
Adjective
  • His tenure came to an end when video surfaced of a drunken Galliano berating other customers at a Paris bar with vile antisemitic insults.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • Morrison said this technology does offer the promise of never driving distracted or drunk like human drivers do, but robotaxis have had some problems.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • As all of this finale drama is happening around him, Danny gets increasingly drunker, foreshadowing absolutely nothing good coming our way.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 30 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
  • These same aggressive, heavily intoxicated individuals then board the Colfax buses.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2026
  • More details about the arrest and the driving while intoxicated charge were not immediately available.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 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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“Beery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beery. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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