Synonyms of sloshed

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adjective

ˈsläsht 

slang

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol

To his dismay, he found that many of his fellow cruise passengers were frequently sloshed.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• drunken
• wet
• fried
• impaired
• wasted
• plastered
• bombed
• inebriated
• tipsy
• loaded
• soused
• blind
• intoxicated
• sozzled
• gassed
• smashed
• lit
• ripped
• hammered
• stewed
• boozy
• besotted
• inebriate
• blotto
• pickled
• crocked
• stoned
• looped
• blasted
• blitzed
• tanked
• under the influence
• juiced
• stinking
• tiddly
• stiff
• oiled
• pie-eyed
• alcoholic
• potted
• cockeyed
• lit up
• three sheets in the wind
• high
• canned
• sottish
• squiffed
• wiped out
• under the weather
• tight
• in the bag
• in one's cups
• maudlin
• befuddled
• beery
• dissipated
• debauched
• crapulous
• stupefied
• rocky
• dissolute
• bleary-eyed
• strung out
• dopey
• bibulous
• dipsomaniacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sober
• straight
• dry
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

sloshed

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verb

past tense of slosh

1

as in splashed

to move with a splashing motion

the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashed
• rippled
• bubbled
• lapped
• gurgled
• swashed
• plashed
• babbled

2

as in slopped

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashed
• slopped
• spattered
• sprinkled
• sprayed
• dashed
• swashed
• washed
• dabbled
• lapped
• squirted
• plashed
• spritzed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sloshed

Adjective

Emma's gun-loving father and Rachel each make messy toasts at the reception, and a sloshed Charlie nervously forgets his entire speech for Emma. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026

Even before Morrissey’s statement, Marr trolled a fan on social media with a sloshed photo of British arse Nigel Farage when the fan expressed optimism that the Oasis reunion could tempt the Smiths. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024

Germany was losing the war, the sloshed von Braun groused. —David Axe, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023

Verb

Water sloshed across a shallow, rocky shelf, sweeping away the sediments there, along with the algae that serves as the primary food source for this species. —Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 May 2026

Three and half billion years ago, the 95-mile-wide basin sloshed with water, as did much of the rest of the planet, until Mars lost its magnetic field, the solar wind stripped away its atmosphere, and most of its water sputtered away into space. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Apr. 2026

Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled. —Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026

There’s a very simple reason why Kimi is always so sloshed. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

One of the regulars is sloshed and keeps turning the knob, switching radio stations every which way. —E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026

That money built up other countries’ economies or sloshed around as financial surpluses that fueled financial market exuberance and asset bubbles that could suddenly pop. —Amy Myers Jaffe, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026

Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores. —Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

In 2023, another rockslide triggered a tsunami that sloshed back and forth for nine days in a Greenland fjord. —Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026