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The definition of drunk is someone who is no longer in control of his actions, possibly because he consumed too much alcohol or is overcome with emotion.

(adjective)

An example of someone who would be described as drunk is a person who has had ten beers.
An example of someone who would be described as drunk with lust is someone who has been overcome with lust.

See drunk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic drink

Origin: ME dronke < dronken, drunken

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

See drunk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb

Past participle of drink.

adjective

a. Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.
b. Caused or influenced by intoxication.
Overcome by strong feeling or emotion: drunk with power.

noun

A drunkard.
A bout of drinking.

Usage Note: As an adjective the form drunk is used after a verb while the form drunken is now used only in front of a noun: They were drunk last night. A drunken patron at the restaurant ruined our evening. Using drunk in front of a noun is usually considered unacceptable in formal style, but the phrases drunk driver and drunk driving, which have become fixed expressions, present an exception to this. Drunk and drunken are sometimes used to make a legal distinction, whereby a drunk driver is a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the legal limit, and a drunken driver is a driver who is inebriated.

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