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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“I’ve never been drunk because I don’t like the taste of alcohol,” says Moreno, giggling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

French authorities are investigating the deaths in December and January of two babies who were thought to have drunk possibly contaminated powdered milk.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Polanski said he had personally never taken drugs or drunk alcohol, adding that it "wasn't for me".

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

The memory of their faces, the last moment she’d seen them, made her feel like she’d drunk a bowlful of sour milk.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

drunk

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