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drunk en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

Meanings

  1. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
    • "What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!" 2013 May 9, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, May 9, 2013:
    • So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart. 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 557”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
  2. (derogatory) Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
  3. (followed by with or on, usually) Elated or emboldened.
    • Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
    • drunk with recent prosperity 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  4. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
    • I will make mine arrows drunk with blood. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:42:

Forms

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drunkest Degree=Sup lexicographic
drunker Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

abstemious · sober as a judge · sober · teetotal · on the wagon · clean · clearheaded

Deriveds

cumdrunk · drunkery · dead drunk · drunk driving · drunkard · drunk as a wheelbarrow · drunkometer · crunk · drunk dial · sloppy drunk · roaring drunk · pissed drunk · drunk as a piper · drunkly · drunk as a fiddler's bitch · punch drunk syndrome · drunkpost · drunk-driving · stumble-drunk · blind drunk · drunk as a fiddler · Drunksville · drunkenness · drunk as a sow · stupid drunk · milk-drunk · drunk as a skunk · drunk text · punch drunk · perma-drunk · semidrunk · drunkle · drunk tank · fox-drunk · drunkie · cock-drunk · drunk as an owl · stale drunk · drunk as Chloe · drunkalogue · undrunk · drunkover · drunk and disorderly · drunklike · drunk as a cunt · dribbling drunk · get drunk · drungry · drunkorexia · sleep-drunk · drunk words are sober thoughts · permadrunk · drunken · drunkness · drunk as David's sow · drunky · drunk as a boiled owl · whistle-drunk · drunk driver · welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk · drunchies · drunk as a lord · punch-drunk · appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober · driving drunk · drunkish

Descendants

drungu

Hypernyms

intoxicated · chemically inconvenienced · intoxicate

Hyponyms

pissed · tozy-mozy · buzzed · corny · lagered up · ebrious · Grog · pissed as a parrot · flashy · sloshed to the gills · half-baked · drunk as a fiddler's bitch · steaming · rat-arsed · wasted · leathered · whiskified · gone · shwasted · mellow · fucked · ale-washed · parro · wineful · Wine · drunk as a cunt · tiddly · semidrunk · trollied · wined up · swipey · shithoused · shitfaced · beered-up · screwy · potulent · merry · Very drunk · drunk as a rat · pissed as a fart · pissed as a rat · winedrunk · full as a goog · owly-eyed · drunk as Chloe · drunk as an owl · winy · hamboned · peloothered · schnookered · locked · four sheets to the wind · drunk as a sow · whiskyfied · drunk as a boiled owl · pissed drunk · muddy · slaughtered · pissed as a newt · moppy · drunk as a wheelbarrow · beery · whiskeyfied · Whisky/Whiskey · para · drunkish · whistle-drunk · Gin · squiffy · Mildly drunk · ree · lushy · blotto · twatted · drunk as a skunk · pot-valiant · ale-blown · slued · cabbaged · drunk as a fiddler · Nearly drunk · obliterated · tiddled · fucked up · FUBARed · alecied · tore up · ratted · drunk as David's sow · drunk as a lord · airlocked · wankered · slewed · Beer

Relateds

alcoholic beverage · tie one on · drunkard · drunkenness · alcoholic · have a brick in one's hat · under the influence · spancelled · Like having endured violence · Impaired · shake a cloth in the wind · be the worse for drink · hang one on · askew · broken · Incapacitated

Synonyms

insober · hog-whimpering · cockeyed · obliviated · off one's tits · ratfaced · liquory · Oliver Twist · fuzzy-headed · have drink taken · tippled · blottoed · ploughed · drunk as a piper · adrip · tight as a tick · steamboats · blind drunk · gished · disguised · elephant's trunk · withered · splashed · stinking · soshed · parlatic · sewed up · snockered · Brahms · rolling · cunted · temulent · mabok · hammered · messed up · loose · top-heavy · bingoed · gattered · drunk · in the drink · flustered · trashed · langered · sauced · ripped · obfuscated · elephant's · sloshed · clobbered · zotzed · fried · inter pocula · mullered · flushed · bibacious · in the bag · hoovered · jaked · stinko · kisky · polluted · schnockered · lashed · bosky · bungalowed · shicker · gesuip · stonkered · langers · maggot · hooted · fuddled · sodden · bladdered · tanked · high as a Georgia pine · worse for liquor · blasted · tired and emotional · wet (saturated with moisture) · mortalled · puggled · screwed · tanked up · lamped · beliquored · kettled · overcome · lubed · fap · aled up · wrecked · inebrious · inebriate · MWI · three sheets to the wind · tight · scuttered · ossified · spongy · spanceled · impaired · spiffed · how came you so · flush · oiled · larruped · sozzly · legless · sloppy drunk · schloshed · muzzy · fershnickered · faced · four sheets in the wind · fou · cup-shot · mashed · looped · binned · half polluted · blind · have the sun in one's eyes · soaken · zooted · toasted · out of one's face · loopy · bollocksed · medicated · zonked · top-heavy with drink · ginned · plowed · lit · lubed up · floored · drunken · crapulous · cocked · out of one's head · whittled · sozzled · hooched up · muddled · besotten · groggified · razzled · budgy · plastered · a sheet in the wind · lash · zoned · twatfaced · half lit · half seas over · oiled up · ripe · cut · buzzed (slightly intoxicated) · elevated · monged · blootered · snookered · slammed · fuzzy-minded · canned · high as a kite · overtaken · fuckered up · bedrunken · wazzocked · nappy · fluted · potted · overrefreshed · sauced up · cup-shotten · destroyed · squiffed · juiced up · primed · blewed · temulentive · drunked up · smashed · blitzed · stoated · woozy · maudlin · fluthered · boozy (habitually or frequently intoxicated from alcohol) · wobbly · besotted · swacked · on the ran tan · honkers · hosed · worse for wear · bungfu · mad with it · Adrian Quist · out of sight · Oliver · wazzed · in liquor · blue · wellied · souped-up · three sheets in the wind · half cut · scammered · spannered · skunked · pounded · bottled · gassed · dead drunk · out of one's box · muggy · liquored up · feeling no pain · tilted · arseholed · fresh · corned · stoned · nimptopsical · inebriated · off one's box · kaylied · frosted · crocked · ebriose · in one's altitudes · out of it · snozzled · toping · all mops and brooms · in one's cups · pickled · ebriated · gee-eyed · well-oiled · tipsy (slightly intoxicated) · insobrietous · sottish (habitually or frequently intoxicated from alcohol) · snuffy · pie-eyed · loaded · groggy · slizzard · stotious · sotted · bombed · quisby · lubricated · shedded · munted · mortal · pixilated · shickered · paralytic · stewed · jarred · befuddled · Mozart and Liszt · raddled · a sheet in the wind's eye · juiced · hazed · shitty · tuned · bevvied · blocked · soused · Brahms and Liszt · lathered · burlin' · sprung · newted · flooey · lushed · slarmied · fuckfaced · glorious · bibulous · shellacked · maggoted · full · potshot · throwed · wastey · zorched · twisted · off one's head · strut · rubbered · high

Translations (364)

ur متوالا (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · th เมาเหล้า (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi huppelissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · enm drunken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · rm storn (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · la ūvidus (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · grc μέθυσος (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hil hubog (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nb full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hy խմած (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sa प्रमत्त (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hy հարբած (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl inberiàg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it ebbro (elated by emotion) · bg въодушевен (elated by emotion) · fo drukkin (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · alt ичкичил (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es wasca (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nb beruset (elated by emotion) · sv rund under fötterna (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · af dronk (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ota سرخوش (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl epoto (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ro beat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da fuld (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bg опиянен (elated by emotion) · nrf souîn (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv knallfull (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tsu hafsʉ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ro băut (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf soûl (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi niiteissä (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · arz سكران (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es jumado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lld bëus (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lou ho (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ca begut (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · wa sôle (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ary سكرانة (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ar ثَمِل (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · oc ebri (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi मदहोश (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lv dzēris (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi tuiterissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ka მთვრალი (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl privado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lt girtas (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi humalainen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi juovuksissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hu részeg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi kekkulissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es tomado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl pelén (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tk esrek (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ca borratxo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gd air mhisg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce бехна (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · la ēbrius (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi umpitunnelissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ba иҫерек (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ja 酔っ払い (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es embriagado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pt bêbado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ro îmbătat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pt bêbedo (elated by emotion) · sw mlevi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pdt besopen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl podpity (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · uk п'я́ний (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi मत्त (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · az içkili (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · om machooftuu (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ilo nabartek (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf gâté d'béthe (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi शराबी (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · qu macasga (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf bringuesingue (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi lärvit (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi päissään (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv beskänkt (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ary سكران (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ms mabuk (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · he שָׁתוּי (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · cy wedi meddwi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kmr mest (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es borracho (elated by emotion) · ovd druttjin (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf chonmé (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tl lasing (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf blindé (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mn согтуу (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it ebbro (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi humaltunut (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · cmn(intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl zapity (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv aspackad (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ami malasang (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ga ólta (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv mosig (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sh pìjan (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ja 酔っぱらった (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl ciòcc (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på örat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · srn drungu (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sl pijan (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fy dronken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · frm yvre (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi hönöissä (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bg пия́н (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mrw obog (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bn মস্ত (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv drängfull (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fa سرخوش (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på lyset (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bcl buyong (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · rgn imbariêg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bo མྱོས་པ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kk мас (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · de fett (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl cheoco (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · el σουρωμένος (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fo fullur (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · th ขี้เหล้า (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ivv mavuuk (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lld trat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mi haurangi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hu ittas (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fa پیان (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da drukken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl upity (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi hiprakassa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · non drukkinn (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · eo ebria (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · yi שיכּור (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it sborniato (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv överförfriskad (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · rcf bi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv berusad (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es machashca (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mt fis-sakra (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv packad (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it sbronzo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fro yvre (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nl dronken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pt ébrio (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi tillin-tallin (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lld avëi na bëusa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kea fusku (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kmr sermest (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da anløben (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi pöhnässä (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sa मत्त (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi juopunut (elated by emotion) · fi humalassa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf en bouaisson (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ang druncen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på näsan för full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på snusen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · uk бухи́й (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv stupfull (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da stænket (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi naamat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ko 취하다 (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sga mesc (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nn full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it ubriaco (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es huasca (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lou piké (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sxr mahlavaʉ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi मतवाला (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · la ēlixus (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es ebrio (elated by emotion) · el πιωμένος (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på knall (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl napity (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · km ស្រវឹង (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kix thīngtòkhāi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es pedo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · uk нетвере́зий (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på näsan (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce вехана (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es bebido (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl ciùc (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi jurrissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es zampado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pag abuek (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · cy meddw (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lb voll (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · chr ᎤᏴᏍᏕᏓ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · br mezv (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da lakket til (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr bourré (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl spity (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi perseet (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi hutikassa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv dragen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · li zaat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · qu şinka (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · az sərxoş (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl nietrzeźwy (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv bestruken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi päihtynyt (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fa گرست (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf bragi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl borracho (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ast borrachu (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da stiv (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lo ຂີ້ເຫຼົ້າ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mk опиен (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bcl burat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da snaldret (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sq i dehur (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · de betrunken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · izh humalikas (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · unm kiwsi (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi naamoissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it avvinazzato (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce бехана (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kl aalakoortoq (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ru бухо́й (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · et joovastuses (elated by emotion) · vi xỉn (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tl barik (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ovd full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · et purjus (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · rm tschuc (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es alcoholizado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · haw ʻona (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ruq beat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · be п'я́ны (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pt bêbedo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lou sou (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ka ნასვამი (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi शौंड (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce вехна (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es borracho (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl aviñado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · he שִׁכּוֹר (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da beruset (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi kännissä kuin käki (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på pickalurven (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tl lango (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lld tëis (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl inbarièg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl bébedo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ga ar meisce (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ceb hubog (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl pijany (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · eu mozkor (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es escabiado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · no drita (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ko 취(醉)하다 (elated by emotion) · hi शौंड (elated by emotion) · lou chak (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv däckningsredo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ja 酔い (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tr esrik (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf envitoué (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · war hubog (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ca embriac (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr soûl (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi pienessä sievässä (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · alt эзирик (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · aln dejun (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv redig (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · yue(intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ckb سەرخۆش (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sh пѝјан (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi kännissä (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl imberiêg (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl taneque (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · se gárremiin (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da overrislet (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr schlass (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · os расыг (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ar سَكْرَان (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mk опиен (elated by emotion) · pt bêbado (elated by emotion) · hi उत्तेजित (elated by emotion) · es ebrio (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · el μεθυσμένος (elated by emotion) · fr ivre (elated by emotion) · de besoffen (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · rm blau (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ru опьянённый (elated by emotion) · ru пья́ный (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · hi मदिर (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl wstawiony (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bo སྨྱོ་བ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · kmr serxweş (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv oredig (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · da bedugget (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på knall för full (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · jra măt tơpai (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tk mes (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv på sniskan (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · el μεθυσμένος (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv dyngrak (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fa مست (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · oc embriac (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · acw سكران (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce мелла (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es beodo (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mk пијан (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce йехна (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi perse olalla (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es turulato (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr paqueté (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ro matrafoxat (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · id mabuk (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr ivre (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · qu sinka (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lo ເມົາເຫຼົ້າ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf ivre (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pt alcoolizado (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lld menà (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf gris (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gv er meshtey (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pl przepity (outdrunk) (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · vi say (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce деха (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · mfe nisa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ota مخمور (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · yi באַטרונקען (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gv scooyrit (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · tr sarhoş (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · cuk mummu (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · pdt bedrunken (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · bn মাতাল (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sk opitý (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv proppad (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · la pōtus (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · oc begut (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · it ubriaco (elated by emotion) · lld ciòch (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · egl puôs (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · uk нали́ганий (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · gl peneque (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fr saoul (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lb ukréien (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi kuoseissa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · uk ме́кнутий (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · qu machasqa (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · cs opilý (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ce йехана (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · is fullur (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · lo ເມົາ (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv lurvig (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es guasca (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · ca embriac (elated by emotion) · ca borratxo (elated by emotion) · az kefli (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · es escabio (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nb beruset (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nmb im'ənm'ən (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · wa(intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv redo att däcka (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · is drukkinn (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · fi juopunut (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · non ǫlr (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · sv glad i hatten (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) · nrf bédé-ouinne (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol)

drunk en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

Meanings

  1. While drunk.
    • He was arrested for driving drunk.

Forms

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more drunk Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most drunk Degree=Sup lexicographic

Hypernyms

under the influence

drunk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

Meanings

  1. One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
    • She famously could not drive, but she introduced the breathalyser test to prosecute drunks who tried to. 2025 November 26, Howard Johnston, “Top 10: Influential ministers: Barbara Castle 1965-68”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 61:
  2. A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
    • Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire. 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10:
  3. A person whose behaviour when drunk tends to be of a specified kind.
    • He's a talkative drunk; three beers in and he's chattering away about everything.
  4. A drinking bout; a period of drunkenness.
    • Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas. 1858 June 8, “A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial”, in New York Times, page 4:
    • Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome. 2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray):
    • I wisht somebody would take me off on a drunk. I want to get stinkin', paralyzin', forgettin'-drunk[…]. 1924 July 14 [1923 August 14], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Sixth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, section I, page 265:
    • Life probably would have continued in blissful ignorance if it had not been for Vito's occasional late-night drunks. Usually he got plastered and misplaced his keys […] and bellowed obscenities into our shared hallway. 1983 December 10, Veneita Porter, “A Little Help From Mom”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 14:
  5. A drunken state.
    • Here – help yourself to another drop there, Redmond! By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence! 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury, published 2007, page 10:

Forms

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drunks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mean drunk · good drunk · sad drunk · town drunk · cheap drunk · dry drunk · expensive drunk · happy drunk

Synonyms

alkie · drunkard · bouser · bacchant · sucker · pisspot · booze artist · swill-tub · toper · bibber · sot · inebriate · lick-wimble · winesop · tun · dipso · tosspot · slubberdegullion · maltworm · drunkard · wino · cupster · lusher · soaker · alco · swill-belly · reel-pot · lush · alcoholic · barfly · suck-pint · fuddler · sponge · swill-pot · sot · fuddlecap · dipsomaniac · swill-flagon · boozehound · soak · swillking · plonko · pisshead · winebibber · drinker · juicehead · guzzler · carouser · boozer · grog artist · tippler · rinse-pitcher · alcoholic · drunk · squeeze-grape · shicker · pisshead · bacchanal · borachio · piss artist · rumpot · swill-bowl · souse

Translations (305)

cs piják (habitual drinker) · fa-ira مِیخوارِه (habitual drinker) · eo ebriulo (one who is drunk) · tr ayyaş (habitual drinker) · pt beberrão (habitual drinker) · gd pòitear (habitual drinker) · ru пропо́йца (habitual drinker) · yi שיכּור (habitual drinker) · cs ožrala (habitual drinker) · nn drukkenbolt (habitual drinker) · mk пијаница (habitual drinker) · pl nietrzeźwy (one who is drunk) · bg пия́ница (habitual drinker) · mi whakahaurangi (habitual drinker) · fr pochetron (habitual drinker) · ru пьянчу́жка (habitual drinker) · bg опиянение (drunken state) · cs pijačka (habitual drinker) · gl borracho (habitual drinker) · ar مُعَاقِر (habitual drinker) · uk пите́ць (habitual drinker) · ca borratxa (habitual drinker) · pt bebum (habitual drinker) · nn fyllefant (habitual drinker) · la ēbriōsus (habitual drinker) · ro alcoolic (habitual drinker) · fa-ira مِیخوار (habitual drinker) · ba иҫерек (one who is drunk) · izh joomari (habitual drinker) · pt bebo (one who is drunk) · fr alcoolo (habitual drinker) · it ebbrezza (drunken state) · eo drinkemulino (habitual drinker) · it avvinazzata (habitual drinker) · la madulsa (habitual drinker) · cs ochlasta (habitual drinker) · pt bêbedo (habitual drinker) · de Trinkerin (habitual drinker) · ga meisceoir (habitual drinker) · ca embriaca (habitual drinker) · sl pijanec (habitual drinker) · gv meshtallagh (one who is drunk) · es machashca (one who is drunk) · ga pótaire (habitual drinker) · pl pijak (habitual drinker) · ar سِكِّير (habitual drinker) · eu mozkorti (habitual drinker) · es bebedora (habitual drinker) · ru пья́ный (one who is drunk) · nn fyllik (habitual drinker) · it ubriachezza (drunken state) · id pemabuk (habitual drinker) · hu részeges (habitual drinker) · fi känni (drunken state) · cmn 醉客 (habitual drinker) · fi humalatila (drunken state) · pl menel (habitual drinker) · uk пия́к (habitual drinker) · fi jurri (drunken state) · it alcolista (habitual drinker) · cs opilec (one who is drunk) · cs opilec (habitual drinker) · fi alkoholisti (habitual drinker) · sh пија́нац (habitual drinker) · io ebriemo (habitual drinker) · sh pijánac (habitual drinker) · got 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰 (habitual drinker) · zdj mlevi (habitual drinker) · fr soulard (habitual drinker) · fr soûlard (habitual drinker) · af dronkaard (one who is drunk) · km ប្រមឹក (habitual drinker) · tg доимулхамр (habitual drinker) · es machashca (habitual drinker) · pt bêbeda (habitual drinker) · ms pemabuk (habitual drinker) · ru пьянчу́га (habitual drinker) · it alcolizzata (habitual drinker) · et alkohoolik (habitual drinker) · el μεθυσμένος (one who is drunk) · lv dzērājs (habitual drinker) · fi känniläinen (one who is drunk) · ba эскесе (habitual drinker) · gd drongair (habitual drinker) · cmn 醉漢 /醉汉 (habitual drinker) · bn মাতাল (habitual drinker) · ce йехна (one who is drunk) · pt beberrona (habitual drinker) · rop drangkinmen (habitual drinker) · tl lasing (one who is drunk) · it ubriaco (habitual drinker) · nb fyllefant (habitual drinker) · be прапо́йца (habitual drinker) · my ယစ်ထုတ် (habitual drinker) · uz piyonista (habitual drinker) · dsb žrěck (habitual drinker) · ml കുടിയൻ (habitual drinker) · ro bețivană (habitual drinker) · trf rum drinka' (habitual drinker) · fr ébriété (drunken state) · cmn 酒客 (habitual drinker) · ca borratxo (one who is drunk) · eo drinkemulo (habitual drinker) · grc κοτύλων (habitual drinker) · nb drukkenbolt (habitual drinker) · sa मत्त (habitual drinker) · nrf bouaissonneux (habitual drinker) · gl bébeda (habitual drinker) · da dranker (habitual drinker) · gl bébedo (habitual drinker) · uk п'я́ниця (habitual drinker) · ko 취객 (one who is drunk) · rgn imbriagòn (habitual drinker) · arz سكير (habitual drinker) · sk opilkyňa (habitual drinker) · ca bufat (one who is drunk) · nap 'mbriacòne (habitual drinker) · nb ranglefant (habitual drinker) · uz ichkilikboz (habitual drinker) · fr ivrogne (habitual drinker) · fr ivresse (drunken state) · te తాగుబోతు (habitual drinker) · cs pijanka (habitual drinker) · fi juopumus (drunken state) · lt girtuoklė (habitual drinker) · es alcoholizado (one who is drunk) · mn архичин (habitual drinker) · ca borratxa (one who is drunk) · af dronkaard (habitual drinker) · cmn 酒徒 (habitual drinker) · ja 飲兵衛 (habitual drinker) · sl pijanka (habitual drinker) · fr soûlaude (habitual drinker) · pl pijaczka (habitual drinker) · nl zatlap (habitual drinker) · ja 小虎 (habitual drinker) · fr poivrot (habitual drinker) · tl lasenggo (habitual drinker) · pt bêbado (one who is drunk) · km សុរាមត្ត (habitual drinker) · ro alcoolică (habitual drinker) · it spugna (habitual drinker) · nb fullhet (drunken state) · cs opilkyně (habitual drinker) · uk пия́ка (habitual drinker) · hu iszákos (habitual drinker) · scn 'mmriacuna (habitual drinker) · ja 愛飲家 (habitual drinker) · fr soûlarde (habitual drinker) · sq dehur tap (one who is drunk) · nl dronkaard (one who is drunk) · es bebedor (habitual drinker) · hi मतवाला (habitual drinker) · hy գինեմոլ (habitual drinker) · es borracho (habitual drinker) · ce йехана (one who is drunk) · fr buveuse (habitual drinker) · de Säufer (habitual drinker) · nb dranker (habitual drinker) · gl borracha (habitual drinker) · it alcoolista (habitual drinker) · fi juoppo (habitual drinker) · de Säuferin (habitual drinker) · es tomador (habitual drinker) · it ubriaca (habitual drinker) · ca embriac (habitual drinker) · pl nietrzeźwa (one who is drunk) · nrf soûlard (habitual drinker) · uz araqxoʻr (habitual drinker) · sh pìjanica (habitual drinker) · sk pijan (habitual drinker) · es borracho (one who is drunk) · mk локач (habitual drinker) · de Trinker (habitual drinker) · be п'я́ніца (habitual drinker) · chr ᎤᏴᏍᏕᏍᎩ (habitual drinker) · mk бекрија (habitual drinker) · ro bețiv (habitual drinker) · ka ლოთი (habitual drinker) · es ebrio (one who is drunk) · cmn 醉酒者 (habitual drinker) · it alcolizzato (habitual drinker) · el μέθη (drunken state) · grc φιλοπότης (habitual drinker) · sw mlevi (habitual drinker) · ms kaki botol (habitual drinker) · ja 酔っ払い (one who is drunk) · lt girtuoklis (habitual drinker) · tr sarhoş (one who is drunk) · cmn 醉鬼 (habitual drinker) · aln deh (one who is drunk) · bcl buratsero (habitual drinker) · fr picoleur (habitual drinker) · ro bețivan (habitual drinker) · ko 취객 (habitual drinker) · vi ma men (habitual drinker) · es zampado (one who is drunk) · el μπεκρού (habitual drinker) · es embriaguez (drunken state) · ca borratxo (habitual drinker) · la bibōnius (habitual drinker) · it ubriacone (habitual drinker) · cy brwysg (habitual drinker) · ce вехана (one who is drunk) · ga druncaeir (habitual drinker) · lld ciucaton (habitual drinker) · it avvinazzato (habitual drinker) · fr pocharde (habitual drinker) · fr arsouille (habitual drinker) · scn 'mmriacuni (habitual drinker) · pt bebum (one who is drunk) · es tomadora (habitual drinker) · el μεθύστακας (habitual drinker) · nrf ivrouongne (habitual drinker) · trf drinka' (habitual drinker) · fr soûlon (habitual drinker) · fr soularde (habitual drinker) · es escabiadora (habitual drinker) · cy meddwyn (habitual drinker) · es escabiador (habitual drinker) · fa-ira دائِماُلْخَمْر (habitual drinker) · fr picoleuse (habitual drinker) · fa-ira عَرَق خور (habitual drinker) · fi humala (drunken state) · cmn 醉客 (one who is drunk) · el μπεκρής (habitual drinker) · hi पियक्कड़ (habitual drinker) · ru алка́ш (habitual drinker) · et joobnu (one who is drunk) · ce мелла (one who is drunk) · nb fyllik (habitual drinker) · ko 주정꾼 (habitual drinker) · ar خِمِّير (habitual drinker) · mi kairama (habitual drinker) · fr soûlaud (habitual drinker) · th นักเลงสุรา (habitual drinker) · ru пьянь (habitual drinker) · ccc shinitac̈homalo (habitual drinker) · fr pochetronne (habitual drinker) · he שיכור \ שִׁכּוֹר (habitual drinker) · cs pijan (habitual drinker) · nn stordrikkar (habitual drinker) · izh humalikas (one who is drunk) · km សុរាសោណ្ឌ (habitual drinker) · lv reibums (drunken state) · bcl parabuyong (habitual drinker) · fr soiffarde (habitual drinker) · hu korhely (habitual drinker) · fi humalainen (one who is drunk) · ce вехна (one who is drunk) · fr tonneau (habitual drinker) · fi päihtymys (drunken state) · ru выпиво́ха (habitual drinker) · ro bețivă (habitual drinker) · fa-ira مِیزَدِه (habitual drinker) · el μέθυσος (habitual drinker) · nb sviregast (habitual drinker) · lv dzērāja (habitual drinker) · nb stordrikker (habitual drinker) · tr esrik (one who is drunk) · ml മദ്യപാനി (habitual drinker) · gv sheer-veshtallagh (habitual drinker) · hu piás (habitual drinker) · et joodik (habitual drinker) · ko 술고래 (habitual drinker) · ru буха́рик (habitual drinker) · fr buveur (habitual drinker) · cmn 酗酒者 (habitual drinker) · tr sarhoşluk (drunken state) · ko 주정뱅이 (habitual drinker) · nn drankar (habitual drinker) · ja 飲んだくれ (habitual drinker) · hi शौंड (one who is drunk) · it ubriacona (habitual drinker) · ce молушверг (habitual drinker) · ru пья́ница (habitual drinker) · ja 酒飲み (habitual drinker) · fr soiffard (habitual drinker) · pt bêbado (habitual drinker) · ru пья́ная (one who is drunk) · tg майзада (habitual drinker) · uk запива́йло (habitual drinker) · rgn inciucchèd (habitual drinker) · pt bêbada (habitual drinker) · es escabio (drunken state) · es beodo (habitual drinker) · fr pochard (habitual drinker) · alt аракызак (habitual drinker) · cmn 酒鬼 (habitual drinker) · sh пѝјаница (habitual drinker) · it beone (habitual drinker) · mi porohaurangi (habitual drinker) · sk opilec (habitual drinker) · sv fyllo (habitual drinker) · ru алка́шка (habitual drinker) · fr soûlonne (habitual drinker) · es borracha (habitual drinker) · tr içkici (habitual drinker) · sk pijanka (habitual drinker) · tl lasinggero (habitual drinker) · hu alkoholista (habitual drinker) · nl dronkaard (habitual drinker) · gu બેવડો (habitual drinker) · ja 辛党 (habitual drinker) · ru забулды́га (habitual drinker)

drunk en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of drink
    form of drink
  2. (Southern-US, form-of, past) simple past of drink
    form of drink