drunk

[druhngk] / drʌŋk /

ADJECTIVE

intoxicated by alcohol

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stoned tipsy

STRONG

bashed befuddled buzzed crocked flushed flying fuddled glazed high inebriate inebriated laced lit muddled plastered potted sloshed stewed tanked totaled wasted

WEAK

boozed up feeling no pain groggy juiced liquored up seeing double three sheets to the wind tight under the influence under-the-table

Antonyms

STRONG

sober straight

NOUN

one who drinks too much

Synonyms

STRONG

alcoholic boozer carouser debauchee dipso dipsomaniac drinker guzzler inebriate lush soak sot souse sponge stiff tippler toper wino

WEAK

bacchanalian barfly bibber tosspot wine-bibber

Antonyms

WEAK

abstainer ascetic nephalist teetotaler

Example Sentences

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Participants reported everything they had eaten and drunk during the previous 24 hours and answered whether they routinely added salt to food at the table.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

“The cup of coffee never asks anything of you. Even before you’ve drunk it, it just gives you hope.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Delivery firms say they carry out age checks and drivers are instructed not to leave alcohol with people who appear to be drunk.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has urged a ban on serving alcohol in airport bars before morning flights in an effort to tackle drunk and aggressive passengers.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“I waited for a thousand years to hold a baby to my breast! And she’s drunk my milk! She’s mine!”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

drunk

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