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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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“CHP officers know to secure scenes. They know the risk of drunk drivers on the freeway.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Corrigan told jurors he was "merry" but "not drunk".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“He’s someone who lost his BS detector and has drunk his own Kool-Aid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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

Then he gave the kid fifty cents to go down to the corner store for Coca-Colas to be drunk after supper.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.