as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party
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Recent Examples of plastered
TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room.
—oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
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Adjective
Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
—TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room.
—oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastered
Adjective
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Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Cops quickly determined the 42-year-old suspect was drunk behind the wheel and charged him with driving while intoxicated.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The thoughtful staff have nailed the art of discretion here and genuinely care.—
Harriet Compston,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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Defending champion Germaud and Gu, the 2018 champ were clearly the best in the competition, and both nailed eye-popping tricks.—
Outside,
Outside,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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His nose is smeared with a white strip of sun cream.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Their clothes are smeared with mud, symbolizing the earthy, devotional spirit of the journey.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Officials outlined a Preferential Trade Zone with price floors intended to stabilize markets battered by oversupply and price suppression.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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She was also battered before the 2019 world championships but took bronze in downhill before going into a nearly six-year retirement.—
Andrew Dampf,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The debaucherous festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included animal sacrifices and drunken revelry to honor Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Read was last June acquitted of all charges, save for drunken driving, related to the murder of her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Patel posted the videos to X, encouraging anyone with information to contact the FBI tip line.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The school posted a message on its website, notifying students and faculty that the school would be closed for the remainder of the week.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hot roast beef Manhattans consist of generous mounds of cooked roast beef slices served on either plain or toasted bread slices with an accompanying scoop of mashed potatoes, all of it slathered in brown gravy.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Let cool for 5 minutes, and enjoy warm, slathered with the Calabrian Chile Honey Butter and/or drizzled with honey.—
Hailee Catalano,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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All rights reserved From repayment, to collections, to loan forgiveness, student loans have been buffeted by major changes during the last year.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Earth is currently being buffeted by a high-speed solar wind stream from a colossal coronal hole on the sun.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plastered. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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