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sauced

sauced

9.8
Very drunk or for food covered in a thick liquid to add flavor
  • adjective
  • /sɔst/
  • Slang
translation icon : ebrio
  • After a few drinks, he was really sauced at the party last night.

Examples

  • The ribs were deliciously sauced with a tangy barbecue glaze.

  • I could tell she was sauced when she started singing karaoke.

  • And thanks to Trevor, we have some soy infused sauced chocolates.

Synonyms

pished
vssauced
  • Slang
1 9.9

Very drunk and unable to walk or speak clearly

is slang that also describes food covered in sauce
hammered
vssauced
  • Slang
1 8.4

Very drunk from drinking alcohol

is slang that also describes food covered in sauce
soaked
vssauced
  • Informal
8.5

Being very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol

is slang that also describes food covered in sauce
pixilated
vssauced
  • Archaic
9.9

Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly

is modern slang that also describes food covered in sauce

Antonyms

sober
269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

How Drunk

wasted
  • NSFW
8.4
plastered
  • Informal
8.3
drunk
∞ 1.6
sauced
  • Slang
9.8
tipsy
  • Informal
18 4.8
sober
269 3.2

Surface Forms

sauced positive

Morphology

sauced = sauce (semi-transparent) = sauce + ed

The formation 'sauce' + '-ed' is a regular adjectival/past-participle formation, but the slang sense 'drunk' is a metaphorical extension that is not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Sauced comes from the word sauce, which goes back to an old Latin word salsus meaning 'salted'. People used sauced first for food 'covered in sauce', and later as a fun way to say someone is 'soaked' in drink, so 'drunk'.