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adjective

ˈdrəŋk How to pronounce drunk (audio)
Definition of drunknext
as in drunken
being under the influence of alcohol several wedding guests who got a little drunk

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drunk

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noun

1
as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk you can't trust anything that old drunk says

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2
as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything

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drunk

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verb

variants or drank
past participle of drink
1
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination

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2
as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages we're worried that she's started drinking again

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3
as in absorbed
to take in (something liquid) through small openings the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge

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Recent Examples of drunk
Adjective
No one is pleased when Will, having drunk too much alcohol way too fast, is first to blurt out a request-slash-demand. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 July 2026 Civil lawsuit filed Gary Catronio’s daughter and her best friend were killed in 2013 by a drunk, wrong-way driver on the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County. — Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Noun
Dan, the big blond, kicks every drunk that comes near him. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Verb
The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026 In two different studies, people drank 8 ounces (240 mL) of unsweetened or dextrose-sweetened cranberry juice for 12 weeks. — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for drunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
  1. drunken
  2. alcoholic
  3. spree
  4. sipped
  5. boozed
  6. absorbed
  7. impaired
  8. binge
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
Noun
  • Partly because McCarthy is a desperate alcoholic and becoming very sick.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
  • Following their split, Timothy, who was an alcoholic, moved across the country to California, while Chris took charge of raising Ben and Casey.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
Definition of alcoholic
Noun
  • Lavie's latest arrest comes nearly four months after Los Angeles County prosecutors accused her of carrying out a dating app burglary spree targeting wealthy victims across Southern California.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Spurs boast a number of tidy, technical players in the front line but this summer’s spending spree feels an opportunity to add some punch to the No 10 position.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of spree
Verb
  • It is said that Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe and Ernest Hemingway are among the luminaries who have sipped drinks at the King Cole Bar and Salon.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Definition of boozed
Verb
  • Flores absorbed the method in Tambo Mayo, a village along the Ucayali River in northeastern Peru where she was born in 1950.
    — Gabriella Angeleti, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Quickly stir until most of the flour is absorbed, then cook, stirring vigorously and breaking up pockets of dry flour as needed, until a thin film forms on bottom and sides of pan and dough comes together into a single mass, 2–3 minutes.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of absorbed
Adjective
  • Ultimately, glorifying sleep deprivation is counterproductive; prioritizing sleep is key for career longevity and productivity, while chronic insomnia leads to impaired judgment and hinders professional growth.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With the rise in bariatric surgery, more patients are developing iron deficiency due to impaired iron absorption, Thomas said.
    — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of impaired
Noun
  • But unlike prior seasons, this time​ the series drops all episodes at once, giving the franchise its first true binge release after two seasons of weekly rollouts.
    — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The post-pandemic YOLO spending binges have given way to micro-indulgences.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of binge

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