drinking

[dring-king] / ˈdrɪŋ kɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

plastered

Synonyms

STRONG

bashed blitzed bombed buzzed crocked flushed flying fried gone inebriated lit loaded pissed polluted potted sauced sloshed stewed stoned tanked totaled wasted

WEAK

boozed up dead drunk dead to the world drunk as a skunk drunken feeling good feeling no pain groggy half in the bag half-crocked high hooched up juiced liquored up schnockered seeing double three sheets to the wind tipsy under the influence under-the-table woozy zonked

NOUN

alcohol abuse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

substance abuse

WEAK

alcoholic abuse alcoholism alcoholism abuse dipsomania hitting the bottle

NOUN

consumption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expenditure utilization

STRONG

burning damage decay decrease depletion desolation destruction devastation diminution dispersion dissipation eating exhaustion loss misuse ruin waste

WEAK

consuming swallowing using up wear and tear

Antonyms

STRONG

building construction creation development enlargement expansion growth improvement increase

WEAK

fasting starvation

Example Sentences

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Steven Andersen, in his fifties, the grandson of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States, was wearing the vibrant red jersey of Norway's team and drinking in the scene in a bar.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Parisians, meanwhile, will be restricted from drinking alcohol in public from noon through the night on both Friday and Saturday.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

We’ve all seen the Norway fans rowing at baseball games, Americans screaming their hearts out to “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” and Scottish fans drinking all the beer in Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Dole, which asked whether Congress could condition federal funding of highways on states raising their drinking age to 21.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

Now that he thought about it, he spent a lot of time dutifully drinking hot beverages he hadn’t asked for.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

drinking

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