as in drunken
being under the influence of alcohol
several wedding guests who got a little drunk
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as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
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as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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or drank
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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drunk
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Interestingly for a modern teen show, nobody’s getting drunk or doing drugs, apart from a couple of pot-smoking adults and flirty old friend Shannon (Zora Casebere), who comes on to Justin during the family’s annual summer decampment to Martha’s Vineyard.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
As participants ate and drank their way through the three days, researchers kept close tabs on their oral and gut microbiota.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Pino’s attorney, Howard Srebnick, criticized the FWC in a statement Friday, saying the loss of Gazzola’s body camera footage hurts Pino’s possibilities of having a fair trial, given the officer’s testimony that Pino showed signs of being drunk.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Interestingly for a modern teen show, nobody’s getting drunk or doing drugs, apart from a couple of pot-smoking adults and flirty old friend Shannon (Zora Casebere), who comes on to Justin during the family’s annual summer decampment to Martha’s Vineyard.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Noun
That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
The study also noted that those who drank less than a cup of tea had a lower chance of developing hypopharyngeal cancer — which develops in the bottom part of the throat, per John Hopkins Medicine.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
As participants ate and drank their way through the three days, researchers kept close tabs on their oral and gut microbiota.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
Adjective
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Prosecutors say the 45-year-old Massachusetts woman struck O’Keefe with her car in a fit of drunken rage and left him to die outside the home of another Boston cop during a massive snowstorm in January 2022.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Some were inflicted on drunken patients who slipped on the ice.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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If a parent is an alcoholic, their child will either also become one or never drink a drop of it in their life.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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In 1978, the year after Crawford’s death, Christina published Mommie Dearest, a memoir of her childhood that alleged child abuse and portrayed the star as an emotionally volatile alcoholic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cruise plays a hit man, Vincent, who forces his cabdriver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around Los Angeles on a contract-killing spree.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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Rather than earn its namesake by using said freedom to go on a killing spree, Murderbot decides to just… quietly binge TV shows.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Tariffs are passed on to consumers, not absorbed by exporting nations.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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Built in the 17th century, the national monument is made of native coquina stones, which absorbed or deflected enemy projectiles, giving the Spanish an advantage.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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All available officers will be deployed to monitor for impaired drivers and other traffic violations.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
23 May 2025
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Researchers have found that infants who sleep upright are at risk for suffocation, especially if their head tips to the side and their breathing is impaired.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 May 2025
Noun
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The central bank gold buying binge should continue for at least another two years.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The show, which concluded its eighth season in March, deviates from Netflix's normal binge model by rolling out new episodes weekly.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Sun-soaked and beautiful, the film takes place in Santa Barbara in 1979, where Dorothea (Annette Bening) is trying to raise her son (Lucas Jade Zumann) in an ever-changing world.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In one particularly frantic game, Tottenham Hotspur’s collective head was so fried that keeper Heurelho Gomes accidentally knocked out his team-mate, Alan Hutton, in trying to deal with an aerial ball.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Try making fried rice Umami’s still a new concept for many cooks.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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