Drunk meaning

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A drunken state.
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A bout of drinking.
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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.

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.

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Overcome by strong feeling or emotion.

Drunk with power.

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Overcome by alcoholic liquor to the point of losing control over one's faculties; intoxicated.
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Overcome by any powerful emotion.

Drunk with joy.

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(slang) A drinking spree.
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(usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.

Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

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Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
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A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
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Past participle of drink.
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(Southern US) Simple past tense of drink.
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A drunkard.
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A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
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Drunk Sentence Examples

  • He was drunk, Lori.

  • Maybe friends didn't let friends drive drunk, but how did they stop them when there were so many?

  • Maybe I'll get him drunk instead.

  • It was like being drunk, but on a person, not alcohol.

  • Now, to drunk driving.

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