1
a
: having the faculties impaired by alcohol
b
: having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law
legally drunk
2
: dominated by an intense feeling
drunk with rage
3
: relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken
drunk driving
1
: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated
a 2-day drunk
2
: one who is drunk
especially
: drunkard
Synonyms
Adjective
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Noun
Examples of drunk in a Sentence
Adjective
I don't like being around drunk people.
She was so drunk that she could barely walk.
I was drunk and couldn't think straight.
We got drunk on wine.
Noun
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
Recent Examples on the Web
Lincee Ray, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
The country singer has previously faced controversy after he was captured on video saying the N-word while drunk on a night out with friends in 2021.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Wine is an alcoholic beverage that can be healthy when drunk in moderation—variations of red such as pinot noir are among the healthiest wines.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Over the years, city officers have been accused of a variety of offenses while drunk, ranging from shooting people and getting into crashes to yelling racial slurs at bouncers.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The majority were tasted blind in comparative tastings with similar wines, but some were drunk at dinner with winemakers or opened by friends.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Delta pilot found drunk before transatlantic flight sentenced to 10 months prison
California woman was told not to plan any travel after risky spine surgery.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The other chief said rumors were circulating among local law enforcement that Synan left a bar drunk and allowed a woman to drive his police cruiser, at which point a village secretary caught the pair.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
By Jennifer Hauser and Lauren Kent | CNN London — A Delta Airlines pilot was sentenced to 10 months in prison for reporting for duty at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport while drunk, according to a court statement.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
There’s a local mine polluting the water, skyrocketing stillbirths, a bar fight where a drunk says the town wouldn’t even exist without the mine.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
With LaPierre’s encouragement and assistance, tens of thousands of dimwits, drunks, rage-a-holics, paranoids, domestic abusers and everyday incompetents have been armed and sent into America’s streets, ballparks, schools, churches and bars.
—Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
Frank continued to get upset (and a little drunk) every August 6, the day Hiroshima was bombed.
—Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
The pair drives around Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, with their victim’s dead body in the drunk after Zoe accidentally killed him.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
Sure, there were the local drunks, the teenage hooligans who tortured stray cats, but even these wayward bees had a place in the hive.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
But as the little boy grows older, the dad becomes more of a drunk.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
There is nothing in the police report to indicate that anyone asked the adult Olea about the booze that sent a drunk, wobbly and disheveled 18-year-old wandering down a dark road in the wee hours.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
Adjective
Meanwhile, back in the ER, Griffith (Alexis Floyd) and Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.) have lost one of the drunk med students and have to scour the hospital to find him before they are both fired.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
The country singer has previously faced controversy after he was captured on video saying the N-word while drunk on a night out with friends in 2021.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Wine is an alcoholic beverage that can be healthy when drunk in moderation—variations of red such as pinot noir are among the healthiest wines.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Over the years, city officers have been accused of a variety of offenses while drunk, ranging from shooting people and getting into crashes to yelling racial slurs at bouncers.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The majority were tasted blind in comparative tastings with similar wines, but some were drunk at dinner with winemakers or opened by friends.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Delta pilot found drunk before transatlantic flight sentenced to 10 months prison
California woman was told not to plan any travel after risky spine surgery.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The other chief said rumors were circulating among local law enforcement that Synan left a bar drunk and allowed a woman to drive his police cruiser, at which point a village secretary caught the pair.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
By Jennifer Hauser and Lauren Kent | CNN London — A Delta Airlines pilot was sentenced to 10 months in prison for reporting for duty at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport while drunk, according to a court statement.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Noun
The series documents Chuck’s dramatic shift from a sober man looking to help other addicts to a destructive drunk who required women to shave their heads, and married couples to break up and take new partners.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
There’s a local mine polluting the water, skyrocketing stillbirths, a bar fight where a drunk says the town wouldn’t even exist without the mine.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
With LaPierre’s encouragement and assistance, tens of thousands of dimwits, drunks, rage-a-holics, paranoids, domestic abusers and everyday incompetents have been armed and sent into America’s streets, ballparks, schools, churches and bars.
—Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
Frank continued to get upset (and a little drunk) every August 6, the day Hiroshima was bombed.
—Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
The pair drives around Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, with their victim’s dead body in the drunk after Zoe accidentally killed him.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
Sure, there were the local drunks, the teenage hooligans who tortured stray cats, but even these wayward bees had a place in the hive.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
But as the little boy grows older, the dad becomes more of a drunk.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
There is nothing in the police report to indicate that anyone asked the adult Olea about the booze that sent a drunk, wobbly and disheveled 18-year-old wandering down a dark road in the wee hours.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
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drunk
1 of 3past participle of drink
drunk
2 of 3 adjective1
: having consumed alcohol to the point that normal thinking or acting becomes difficult or impossible
2
: controlled by some feeling as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with power
3
a
b
: occurring while drunk
drunk driving
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