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
Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
That might be stretching it, actually; at worst, Meg could be played as a nymphomaniac who refused to take no for an answer from an American who could never get drunk enough to kiss rather than insult her.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
And though the local history museum is nothing but artifacts of atrocities (old newspaper report of cannibalism, a murderer’s mask), only Wyck (Stephen Root, great as always) sees anything paranormal in it, and he’s generally written off as a drunk.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 May 2026
This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Adjective
In one instance, a drunk boy fell off O’Connor’s SUV — driven by another teen at the time — and suffered serious injury.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
That might be stretching it, actually; at worst, Meg could be played as a nymphomaniac who refused to take no for an answer from an American who could never get drunk enough to kiss rather than insult her.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Noun
Portraits of him as a cheating drunk, who was unfaithful to his first wife, Julia Nye, also surfaced.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
And though the local history museum is nothing but artifacts of atrocities (old newspaper report of cannibalism, a murderer’s mask), only Wyck (Stephen Root, great as always) sees anything paranormal in it, and he’s generally written off as a drunk.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
Women and men who notched higher caffeine intake had an 18% lower risk of dementia compared with people who drank little or no caffeine.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 May 2026
This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
Adjective
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The show’s storylines have largely revolved around drunken fights, messy breakups, hookups and cheating allegations while occasionally weaving in more serious conversations about race, mental health and fractured childhoods.—
Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
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Two years before the murders, Tinsley was hired by Renee and Phillip Beach, after their daughter Mallory was killed in a boat crash caused by the drunken antics of Murdaugh’s son, Paul.—
James Lasdun,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Tommy is sober; Jeff’s a wisecracking alcoholic who seems to have twice emptied out a flask before the first scene is over.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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My 45-year-old son who was close to my father is an alcoholic.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Six people were killed in a shooting spree at multiple locations across an Iowa city in an apparent domestic dispute, according to police.—
Jessie DiMartino,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Culatta expected there would be a reckoning around ed tech after schools went on a massive spending spree on devices and software during the Covid pandemic.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
Verb
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This is a bourbon designed to be sipped slowly and revisited.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 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
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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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The area The main point of being here is to be absorbed in the mirage-like, placid beauty of the lake.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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And yes, that sound will dissipate and soon will be too faint for my human ears as it is absorbed into space, but Renee Gladman writes that spaces moan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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But the investigator concluded in his report that alcohol was not a factor in the crash and that Pino, in his opinion, was not impaired.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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When the body remains in prolonged states of stress or hypervigilance, muscles may remain chronically contracted, inflammation can increase, sleep quality may decline, and recovery mechanisms may become impaired.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The boys were on a big Michael Jackson music video binge for a while, which was a tricky situation.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
28 May 2026
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As for Spider-Noir, the series has been dropped as an eight-episode binge on Amazon Prime Video.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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