1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
obsolete
: saturated with liquid
3
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
they come from … broken homes, drunken homes—
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c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken brawl
4
: unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication
drunkenly
adverb
Examples of drunken in a Sentence
The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.
He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.
He fell into a drunken stupor.
A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.
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Barton, 42, was accused of kicking his partner, Georgia, in the head during a drunken row in 2021.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The two brothers wake up in a daze as this week’s episode opens, not really remembering what happened during their drunken night on the boat with Chloe and Chelsea.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Also, while monitoring a large crowd of drunken juveniles, officers arrested a suspect inside the Medal of Honor Park.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
The leading causes of those crashes were drunken and distracted driving and speeding.
—Sofia Joucovsky, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The two brothers wake up in a daze as this week’s episode opens, not really remembering what happened during their drunken night on the boat with Chloe and Chelsea.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Also, while monitoring a large crowd of drunken juveniles, officers arrested a suspect inside the Medal of Honor Park.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
The leading causes of those crashes were drunken and distracted driving and speeding.
—Sofia Joucovsky, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Drunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunken. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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drunken
adjective
drunk·en
ˈdrəŋ-kən 
1
b
: having a habit of drinking too much alcohol
2
a
: resulting from being drunk
a drunken brawl
drunkenly
adverb
Medical Definition
drunken
adjective
drunk·en
ˈdrəŋ-kən
1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
drunken parties
c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken stupor
drunkenly
adverb
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