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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That is a sign of a healthy market, not one drunk on euphoria.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Another called it “bewilderingly nice” to hang with Scots, noting, “Even when they were drunk they were nice, not smarmy.”

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

In just over a week, the Tartan Army have drunk the bars of Boston dry and won the heart of the city and its people.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

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 Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

drunk

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