drunk
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1.6
- adjective
- /drʌŋk/
:
borracho
- After a night out with friends, he stumbled home feeling quite drunk.
- get drunk
- a drunk driver
- drive drunk
So they say you're drunk and I'm not.
- So they say you're drunk and I'm not.
- I'm not as slow and drunk as I sound always.
- End of the night, drunk, just drunk, drunk out of my nut.
- And he was, he got so drunk and they threw him out.
- I just go out, get drunk with my boys.
- And then, you know, they're just drunk and blasting their stereos.
- So here's one that says I'm not milk drunk, I'm tit faced.
- And you're like, wow, I'm really quite drunk and really quite hungry.
- I would be so drunk coming back in.
- I have never been that drunk in my entire life.
- Have film directors over, get drunk, smoke cigars.
- And all Andrew's done since in life is to get drunk and social climb.
Examples
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At least JoAnn was, and when she got drunk, I always acted drunk too.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I'm drunk, I lie.
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And both times I got a little too drunk and a little too sad.
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I would be so drunk coming back in.
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I have never been that drunk in my entire life.
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So drunk I could not hold it up.
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Because he came home drunk most nights.
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There were two, they were drunk, and they were staring straight at me.
Academic text (1994) -
And then you showed up too drunk to play piano, and you messed up my whole act!
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Jimmy Lee claimed he was so drunk that the whole night was a blank.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
96
9.0
Unable to control actions because of alcohol or drugs
46
5.8
Not able to do daily tasks safely because of alcohol or drugs
44
4.2
Unable to control your actions because of alcohol or drugs
8
6.5
To be very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
4
8.9
Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly
3
7.9
So affected by alcohol that you are not aware of what you do or where you are
1
8.4
Very drunk from drinking alcohol
1
9.9
Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk or affected by drugs and unable to think clearly
Very drunk after drinking too much
Being very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk after drinking alcohol
Being very drunk because of alcohol or drugs
Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly
Drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
4
8.9
Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly
- Informal
3
7.9
So affected by alcohol that you are not aware of what you do or where you are
Compounds
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drunk comes from the old form of drink, which meant 'to take a drink'. It originally described someone who had 'drunk' alcohol, so drunk today means 'having had so much alcohol that normal control is lost'.