Synonyms of sozzled

sozzled

adjective

ˈsä-zəld 

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol

reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sozzled

Her sozzled mind becomes a kind of floating dock inside the book, anchored by her guilt. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information. — Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017

Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged. — Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017