drunk Definition
drunk (druŋk)
adjective
- overcome by alcoholic liquor to the point of losing control over one's faculties; intoxicated
- overcome by any powerful emotion drunk with joy
- Informal drunken (sense )
noun
- Informal a drunken person
- Slang a drinking spree
drunk Synonyms
drunk
modif.
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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