1
as in hooked
being under the influence of a recreational drug
later claimed that she was zonked for the entire recording session
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as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
her only living relative is a permanently zonked sister who can't even care for herself
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Recent Examples of zonked
Marla wears a stony expression, clearly too zonked to take in any of it.
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Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
Niehaus would work five or six hours, then go home zonked.
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Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Sep. 2022
After the Monkees split, Nesmith began his eccentric solo career, with amiably zonked records that were years ahead of their time.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2021
Only Andersson, the doyen of inaction movies, could offer beatitudes to the ineffectual and the zonked.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2021
Most people take pre-workout for performance reasons or to simply feel better and less zonked when working out.
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SELF,
27 Aug. 2020
And that's what an asphalt nation of zonked American teenagers did during the '80s.
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Matt Wake | [email protected],
al,
8 Jan. 2020
But the overall effect of Gail Daughtry is to re-create the happily zonked university afternoons during which so many fans of my generation steeped ourselves in the elegant inanity of Wain’s output.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
But the movie’s high point is a scene where Diane Varsi, playing the most zonked member of Max’s entourage (which includes a young Richard Pryor), addresses Congress as if from the stage of the Fillmore.
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J. Hoberman,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2016
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
Niehaus would work five or six hours, then go home zonked.
—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Sep. 2022
After the Monkees split, Nesmith began his eccentric solo career, with amiably zonked records that were years ahead of their time.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2021
Only Andersson, the doyen of inaction movies, could offer beatitudes to the ineffectual and the zonked.
—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2021
Most people take pre-workout for performance reasons or to simply feel better and less zonked when working out.
—
SELF,
27 Aug. 2020
And that's what an asphalt nation of zonked American teenagers did during the '80s.
—
Matt Wake | [email protected],
al,
8 Jan. 2020
But the overall effect of Gail Daughtry is to re-create the happily zonked university afternoons during which so many fans of my generation steeped ourselves in the elegant inanity of Wain’s output.
—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
But the movie’s high point is a scene where Diane Varsi, playing the most zonked member of Max’s entourage (which includes a young Richard Pryor), addresses Congress as if from the stage of the Fillmore.
—
J. Hoberman,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zonked
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According to Inside Climate News, the rescue took place on Sunday, June 7, when the male turtle, later named Bowser, had been foul-hooked near his left front flipper by a fisherman casting off the pier.
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Audiences all over the world became hooked on streaming during lockdown and movie theater audiences still haven't recovered.
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Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.
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Rapkin, truth be told, looked a little dazed.
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In photos shared by the authorities of the sisters, the siblings could be seen in very similar outfits consisting of matching brown jackets, blue jeans, with Azariah sporting a ripped pair, and boots.
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To stress just how high the challenge was, Leeds’ left-back was left with a ripped pair of shorts.
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
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Urged by a call from Hugo to destroy her phone and flee Kansas City fast, before WARDEX can get to her, Margaret also hits the road, accompanied initially by a bewildered Jackson.
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Barlow allowed a home run, a single and two hit by pitches without recording an out, bringing Medina in with bases the loaded and no outs.
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The news release said the accidental shooting happened after children gained access to an unsecured and loaded firearm.
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But then, the writer himself might get confused about which is which.
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For example, a lot of fans were a bit confused on Friday after watching Miguel Almiron be sent off in the first half of Paraguay’s win against Turkey.
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When these work together, firms may reduce wasted spend, improve lead quality, and stabilize case flow.
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No doubling back, no wasted time zigzagging across the city.
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Anderson has said the body double acts as a kind of calmer mirror, and that the distracted person feels a quiet pull not to waste the other person’s time.
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As if the sudden influx of orders weren't enough, Carmy also has to contend with feuding employees, a delinquent trainee, a distracted pastry chef, a dearth of giardiniera, and a dry Sharpie.
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