PLASTERED Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈpla-stərd

Definition of plastered

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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plastered

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verb

past tense of plaster

as in nailed

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as in smeared

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as in battered

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Recent Examples of plastered

Adjective

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastered

Adjective

Yep, wait until Bills fans get drunk and want to create content.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The words could sound somewhat pathetic, like a drunk man’s sad, self-soothing rationalization.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of drunk

Verb

The bombshell discovery in the little red dot spectra was that the colors of hydrogen were smeared out across multiple shades.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Aware of them now, the dog shakes loose the can—his forelock matted, his jowl smeared with beans—and shrinks into the trees with a whimper that makes something tighten in Molly’s own chest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of smeared

Verb

Hurricane Fiona had battered the town in September 2022, on record as the worst tropical storm ever to hit Canada.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Not long after Tung took office in 1997, Hong Kong’s economy was battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of battered

Adjective

In 2005 and again in 2010, Zahnd helped write laws to increase penalties against repeat drunken drivers.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Independent Russian media regularly report about returning veterans involved in assaults, drunken brawls and even killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of drunken

Verb

Shortly after Muniz’s post, Price posted an Instagram story with a message that some followers speculated may be a response to the actor’s admission.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Lehrer later posted the segment on social media, tagging Yair Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s son.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of posted

Verb

The President, who likes his steak well done and slathered in ketchup, met with a Brazilian beef magnate named Joesley Batista, who in the past had admitted to making large payments to public officials and was briefly jailed.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
It’s breaded with panko and fried, placed atop a slice of New School American Cheese and slathered with a fragrant ginger-scallion-oil tartar sauce.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of slathered

Verb

For now, the European truck market is relatively secure, but the broader European automotive market is being buffeted by Chinese competition.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
London — Yet another contingency plan for the global oil market – buffeted by more than six months of war between the United States and Iran – has come under serious threat.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of buffeted

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