1
a
: having the faculties impaired by alcohol
b
: having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law
legally drunk
2
: dominated by an intense feeling
drunk with rage
3
: relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken
drunk driving
1
: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated
a 2-day drunk
2
: one who is drunk
especially
: drunkard
Synonyms
Adjective
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Noun
Examples of drunk in a Sentence
Adjective
I don't like being around drunk people.
She was so drunk that she could barely walk.
I was drunk and couldn't think straight.
We got drunk on wine.
Noun
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Officers had responded to the building where Bachmann was teaching after a student complained to a staff member that their professor was drunk.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Is Karen really a drunk, or is this a persistent rumor?
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Instead, the defense argued that Chen fell down while drunk and inflicted her own fatal injuries.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Officers had responded to the building where Bachmann was teaching after a student complained to a staff member that their professor was drunk.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
Similar lawsuits have been filed against authorities who’ve mistaken stroke victims for drunks.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Is Karen really a drunk, or is this a persistent rumor?
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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drunk
1 of 3past participle of drink
drunk
2 of 3 adjective1
: having consumed alcohol to the point that normal thinking or acting becomes difficult or impossible
2
: controlled by some feeling as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with power
3
a
b
: occurring while drunk
drunk driving
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