squiffed

adjective

variants or squiffy
Definition of squiffednext
as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol the Scotsman was squiffed when he passed out by the roadside

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squiffed
  1. drunk
  2. fried
  3. blind
  4. impaired
  5. smashed
  6. drunken
  7. blasted
Adjective
  • Both aim to improve handling, not that the MX-5 handled like a drunk camel in the first place.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But despite anecdotal reports of non-human animals appearing drunk after consuming ripe fruit or sugary substances, there's been very little research into its actual prevalence in the broader kingdom of life.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of drunk
Adjective
  • For some real fortitude, the nasi lemak is a mix of crispy chicken served with jasmine rice, a dollop of fried egg, and spicy sambal sauce—a breakfast of champions.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Fried Chicken Sandwich With Chili Crisp Mayo The key elements in this sandwich are: soft sweet bun, mayonnaise mixed with something spicy, a flat boneless piece of fried chicken and some pickled vegetables.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
Definition of fried
Adjective
  • How can so many in our government have turned a blind eye to this catastrophe?
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, Jones had most recently produced the 2014 documentary Keep on Keepin’ On, about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his mentorship of blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin.
    Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of blind
Adjective
  • He was also required to make a public safety announcement about the dangers of impaired driving.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Starting in 2018, for example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and collaborators showed how impaired lipid processing in specific cell types harboring APOE4 alters them in ways that could cause disease.
    ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of impaired
Adjective
  • Only her car, found abandoned by two hunters on a rural roadside the next morning, and her two smashed cell phones, discovered near a neighbor's house, remained.
    Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And photos obtained by the Daily Mail alleged to be of his hotel room showed what appears to be extensive drug paraphernalia and a smashed television.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of smashed
Adjective
  • But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • Second, no one is offering to rebuild the blasted towns and villages of southern Lebanon when this is over, the way the oil-rich Gulf States did after the last major war with Israel, in 2006.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of blasted
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