as in drunken
being under the influence of alcohol
several wedding guests who got a little drunk
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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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as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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or drank
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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drunk
Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The Massachusetts State Police hired an outside firm to review how the agency handled a fatal cruiser crash involving an allegedly drunk officer more than two years after the incident occurred.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
As her father was drunk too often to raise her himself, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle who barely scratched out a living as subsistence farmers.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The Massachusetts State Police hired an outside firm to review how the agency handled a fatal cruiser crash involving an allegedly drunk officer more than two years after the incident occurred.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
Fennell chooses the former, and flawed or not, this drunk-on-pheromones take is all the better for it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
The benefits appeared to be most pronounced in people who drank 2 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee a day or 1 to 2 cups of caffeinated tea.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
Adjective
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Hodgson was arrested the next month after allegedly getting in a drunken fight with Long Beach police outside a Shoreline Village bar.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Timberlake agreed to give a public safety announcement against the perils of drunken driving as part of the plea deal that knocked down his initial misdemeanor charge to a noncriminal traffic violation.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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His father was an illustrator, but also an alcoholic.—
Max Gao,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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Police in San Jose released body camera footage of a deadly shootout earlier this year involving a man suspected in a lengthy crime spree that included shootings with law enforcement, along with armed robberies and carjackings.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The investment spree has boosted Africans’ views of Beijing, with China recently topping a favorability poll conducted by Afro Barometer.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere, Song Sung Blue best actress nominee Kate Hudson sipped an espresso martini while reuniting with her castmates on Running Point, the Netflix comedy about a fictional LA basketball team, which returns for a second season next month.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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Plates are passed, glasses of wine are sipped, and stories are shared.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently published findings that American businesses and consumers absorbed nearly 90% of the 2025 tariffs’ economic burden.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Paralympics feature athletes with eight kinds of physical disabilities (including limb deficiency and impaired muscle power) as well as vision and intellectual impairment.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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Officers reported that Spears appeared impaired and was put through a variety of field sobriety tests.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The company would make whole seasons of shows available for streaming, spurring consumers to watch for hours on end and leading observers to label it binge-watching.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Toss in a Hunger Games reference (not to mention a title that recalls those feuding Carringtons of that ’80s nighttime soap) and this chronicle of the Rupert Murdoch empire seems ready-made for a binge.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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