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   drunken

   /ˈdrʌŋk(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. drunk or intoxicated: "gangs of drunken youths roamed the streets" Similar drunkinebriatedintoxicatedbefuddledincapabletipsythe worse for drinkunder the influencemaudlinblind drunkdead drunkrolling drunkroaring drunk(as) drunk as a lord(as) drunk as a skunksottishtipplingtopinggin-soakedinformal:tightmerrythe worse for wearwoozypie-eyedtwo/three sheets to the windunder the tableplasteredsmashedwreckedsloshedsousedwell oiledsozzledblottoblitzedcannedstewedpickledtanked (up)soakedbombedhammeredblastedoff one's faceout of/off one's headout of one's skullwastedwiredin one's cupsreelingcock-eyedzonkedgutteredfuddledstinkorattedleglesssteamingbevviedparalyticBrahms and Liszthalf cutout of ithaving had a skinfulbladderedtrolleyedwell awaysquiffytiddlyout of one's boxhaving had one over the eightcutsteamedmulleredslaughteredlashedvulgar slang:pissedas pissed as a newt/fartrat-arsedarseholedinformal:fouloadedtrashedcrockjuicedsaucedsquiffedswackedstrung outliquored upout of one's gourdin the bagzonedblitzedrippedturntfullshickeredshotgrogged upas full as a googinkedmuntedlekkereuphemistic:tired and emotionalinformal, dated:stonedlit upas tight as a tickhalf seas overpixilatedarchaic:sottedbesottedfoxedscrewedrare:crapulentcrapulousinebriatebibulousebriousebrioseebriate
   • ▪ habitually or frequently drunk: "his violent, drunken father"
   • ▪ caused by or showing the effects of drink: "the man's drunken, slurred speech" Similar debaucheddissipatedriotouscarousingrevellingroisteringuproariousunrulyintemperateunrestraineduninhibitedabandonedorgiasticbacchanalianBacchicwassailingDionysiansaturnalianinformal:boozyOpposite restrained

   Word Origin Old English, archaic past participle of drink.

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