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
Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
TheHeavyMetalNerd commented that the alcohol prices may be set high to prevent festival-goers from getting too drunk.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Like when Mark comes home drunk.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart, Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Gerard Butler, and Luke Bryan are among the other celebrities who have drank from a shoe.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
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Adjective
The foundation’s goal is to reduce deaths caused by drunk or otherwise impaired drivers through education, advocacy, scholarships and community outreach programs.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
TheHeavyMetalNerd commented that the alcohol prices may be set high to prevent festival-goers from getting too drunk.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Noun
But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Like when Mark comes home drunk.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Verb
Emory drank heavily and was prone to terrifying rages.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart, Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Gerard Butler, and Luke Bryan are among the other celebrities who have drank from a shoe.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
Adjective
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But when those synths get more fried, the glitchiness melts away, and that slurry singsong becomes a drunken, glorious shout.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
10 Dec. 2025
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On Saturday morning, an employee at the Ashland-area liquor store found the trash panda passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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That’s an alcoholic who managed to quit drinking, but never dealt with the issues that drove him to drink in the first place.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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After the war, his goalscoring statistics were deleted and his achievements were discredited, with the Polish press labelling him as mentally unstable and an alcoholic.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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On top of doggedly tracking a serial killer whose murder spree started decades earlier, our shrewd heroine uncovers a tangled workplace conspiracy that's as sinister as her prime suspect's motives.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Kenya is in the middle of a $45 billion investment spree on airports, ports, rail, and industrial zones, creating multiyear financing needs and transaction advisory fee opportunities.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The right dram can be a fine summer drink though, either long over ice, used in a highball, or simply sipped slowly on a light evening.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Just around the corner from the rally on Tajrish Square, in a tranquil park near the Cinema Museum of Iran, locals perused an open-air book stall and sipped tea, while couples strolled hand in hand.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Astronomers analyze these patterns, including which colors are emitted, absorbed or reflected, to gauge the size, temperature and composition of objects in space.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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Much of the concern has surrounded chemical sunscreens, which get absorbed into the skin.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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The Waymo Driver, which is what the company calls the system that allows the vehicle to drive without a person behind the wheel, always follows the rules of the road, and is never tired, impaired, or distracted, according to its website.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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Molly Eagan, the CEO of VISIONS, a nonprofit that advocates for services to help the visually impaired, said in a statement to ABC News that font choices are crucial to accessibility.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The return is a 10-episode binge drop on a streamer.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
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California government, as readers of these pages know, is prone to spending binges and allergic to accountability.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
27 July 2025
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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