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drugged

drugged

29 4.4
Having taken something that makes you sleepy, confused, or less aware
  • adjective
  • /drʌɡd/
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: drogado
  • So my buddy thinks he got maybe drugged with this.

She looks drugged and she's still crazy.

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Examples

  • So this person was just very heavily like, you know, drugged up, plus had a very bad heroin addiction.

  • And they are drugged out or just, I don't know, doing crazy stuff.

  • And I was drunk, drugged and, you know, boozed up.

  • I didn't realise I was drugged until later on.

  • She looks like she's drugged out and like, not in control of herself.

  • In my drugged and feverish state, this disorients me.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The Attack of the rogue, drugged out LSD sucking mouse.

  • In short, fat, drugged, and stupid is no way to go through life—ask Limbaugh, who also joined you in a few years of bullshit.

    Blog text (32)
  • I think that's the thing we're saying is that now instead of like Janis Joplin screaming into the mic and being drugged out, we have people that will do that.

  • He felt confused and disoriented after he realized he had been drugged at the party.

Synonyms

intoxicated
vsdrugged
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55 4.2

Unable to control your actions because of alcohol or drugs

refers specifically to being affected by narcotics or sedatives
under the influence
vsdrugged
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37 5.8

Not able to do daily tasks safely because of alcohol or drugs

is about impairment mainly from narcotics or sedatives
doped
vsdrugged
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12 7.9

Affected by drugs that make a person sleepy or confused

is under narcotics or sedatives but not always unconscious
dosed
vsdrugged
5 7.0

Something that has a substance such as oil or pesticide added to it

is about mind and behavior being affected by narcotics or sedatives
narcotized
vsdrugged
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1 9.0

Feeling very sleepy and not fully aware because of strong pain medicine

is the broader state of being affected by such substances

Antonyms

286 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

How Drugged

unconscious
256 4.2
drugged
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29 4.4
under the influence
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37 5.8
sober
286 3.2

Surface Forms

drugged positive
drugger comparative
druggest superlative

Morphology

drugged = drug (transparent) = drug + ed

The adjective is the regular past-participle/adjectival use of 'drug' with '-ed', so learners who know 'drug' and past-participle adjective formation will understand it.

Etymology

Drugged comes from the older word drug, which once meant a 'dried herb' used as a medicine. Because these old medicines could change how people felt or thought, drugged now means 'given a drug that affects the mind or behavior'.