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drunk Definition

drunk (druŋk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic drink

Etymology: ME dronke < dronken, drunken

adjective

  1. overcome by alcoholic liquor to the point of losing control over one's faculties; intoxicated
  2. overcome by any powerful emotion drunk with joy
  3. Informal drunken (sense )

noun

  1. Informal a drunken person
  2. Slang a drinking spree

drunk Synonyms

drunk

modif.

intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, tipsy, befuddled, muddled, overcome, under the influence, flushed, maudlin, beery, given to drink, sottish, bibulous, high*, tight*, blotto*, stoned*, feeling no pain*, lit up*, bombed*, smashed*, plastered*, out of it*, seeing double*, having a jag on*, canned*, crocked*, gassed*, plowed*, under the table*, tanked*, wired*, wasted*, out cold*, soused*, sloshed*, looped*, pickled*, stewed*, loaded*, boozed up*, in one's cups*, mellow*, schnockered*, sewed up*, higher than a kite*, three sheets to the wind*, boozy*, ripped*, sozzled*, cockeyed*, polluted*, squiffy*, blind drunk*, drunk as a lord*, drunk as a skunk*; see also dizzy.

Antonyms sober*, steady*, temperate.

drunk is the simple, direct word, usually used in the predicate, for one who is overcome by alcoholic liquor he is drunk; drunken, usually used attributively, is equivalent to drunk but sometimes implies habitual, intemperate drinking of liquor a drunken bum; the Latinate-terms intoxicated and inebriated are somewhat more formal and are often used to connote less offensive degrees of drunkenness; there are many euphemistic and slang terms in English expressing varying degrees of drunkenness: e.g., tipsy (slight), tight (moderate, but without great loss of muscular coordination), ?blind drunk (great), blotto (to the point of unconsciousness)

drunk Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • cider: One night I couldn't resist it and got drunk on cheap cider under the archway.
  • premise: Ralph DEARDEN was next charged with being drunk on the licensed premises of the Bridge Inn, and pleaded not guilty.

Preposition: as

aperitif: It may be drunk as an aperitif or can accompany the traditional Mediterranean cuisine.

Converse of object

get: Heavy drinking or getting drunk can damage your nerves.

Adjective modifier

  • blind: Our roads are a war zone - wartime rules should apply Which jobs can you do when you're blind drunk?
  • dead: I come in dead drunk and stumbled over the bed.

Modifies a noun

  • driving: But more narrowly focussed recent campaigns against drunk driving have had considerable success.
  • alcohol: One in four of the children interviewed said they had drunk alcohol in the past week.
  • driver: An Angel's Memorial - A mother's tribute to her child who's life was cut short by a drunk driver.
  • bloke: Point of clarification to the drunk bloke haranguing Vic Reeves.
  • tea: It was very odd being awake and in a public space without having drunk tea.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Oh I went on got drunk with my mates.
  • fall: I socialized a lot and no-one else knew because he wasn't out there in pubs falling about drunk.

Noun used with modifier

  • beer: A fowl was killed, as well as a small jug of corn beer drunk.
  • alcohol: Moderate amounts of alcohol drunk just before, during or shortly after a meal should not affect your short-term diabetes control.
  • bit: I may have been a tad drunk Hehe, think I may have been a bit drunk myself.

Infinitive complement

remember: At least that's what I've been told, but I was too drunk to remember.

Modifying Another Word

  • horribly: Everyone ends up getting very horribly drunk It all ends hilariously the morning after when they wake to discover the aftermath.
  • helplessly: She did not tell Inspector DUTTON that when they got her husband in the back-yard he was helplessly drunk.

Preposition: from

cup: We all have drunk from the cup full of the vibrant energy of London.

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