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

Crafted by perfumer Quentin Bisch, Future Memories combines three vanilla accords — including a boozy one — with blackcurrant, aldehydes and orris butter.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Or a $12 shot of carrot eau de vie, a boozy blast of beta-carotene, that takes nearly 80 pounds of produce to distill a single liter.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of boozy

Adjective

The two meet cute at a deeply awful Toronto nightclub; Emma is trying to feel young and free, while Raiff’s character, an old soul in a twenty-something body, is taken by the somewhat older woman who is much more fun than his drunk buddies.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026
This is a very large question for such a small and humble (and drunk and comedic) literary advice column.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of drunk

Adjective

The filmmakers forgot to give her an arc, and so she is reduced to tipsy comic relief in a bad wig.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Scrolling in the back of an Uber on the way to a party, and slightly tipsy, Roth found his way into another live auction.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of tipsy

Adjective

Trump won the popular vote; if there were ever a time for Philip sober to splash cold water on an inebriated majority, this would be it.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
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

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

Cameron Garcia was sentenced Friday, nearly two months after a jury convicted him of five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and carjacking, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Three weeks into the season last year, an intoxicated woman blew a stop sign at 55+, plowing into my son's vehicle.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of intoxicated

Adjective

After all, oodles of fans still worship at the altar of Jim and Pam, the shaggy-haired salesman and timid receptionist who became a generation of besotted worker bees’ Ross and Rachel — the couple to root for who became the couple to emulate.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of besotted

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