Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Delirious with or as if with strong drink; intoxicated.
- adjective Habitually drunk.
- adjective Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication.
- adjective Cooked with wine or another alcoholic beverage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing intoxication, or used in manufacturing intoxicants, as certain plants—for example, the betel-nut, called
drunken date , the darnel, calleddrunken ryegrass . - Affected by or as if by strong drink; intoxicated; drunk.
- Given to drunkenness; habitually intemperate: as, he is a drunken, worthless fellow.
- Proceeding from intoxication; done in a state of drunkenness: as, a drunken quarrel.
- Acting as if drunk: applied by workmen to a screw the thread of which is uneven and produces an unsteadiness of motion in the nut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.
- adjective Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.
- adjective Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Drunk , in the state ofintoxication after having drunk analcoholic beverage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
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Examples
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Then, there was a promissory note that his son-in-law, who handles all of his business, took over to Anna Nicole, and she ripped it up in what he called a drunken rage.
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Nick and his bandmates -- sans drummer for some reason -- have just finished their set, and Nick's handling bitch duties with the equipment while the other guys are basking in drunken adoration of both boys and girls.
Rabid Reads: "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan 2009
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Nick and his bandmates -- sans drummer for some reason -- have just finished their set, and Nick's handling bitch duties with the equipment while the other guys are basking in drunken adoration of both boys and girls.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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“What in the name of drunken hell is that?” says Clarence, pointing at Boland.
The Last of Boland Kilean Kennedy 2011
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I think I remember stumbling upon this truck late at night in drunken stupor and loving it.
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He was piefaced soaked squiffy sloshed and all round ‘pissed as a newt’ not just a maniac but a dispsomaniac, takwe my word for it, I am an expert in drunken gibber and that is it.
Archive 2008-01-20 Newmania 2008
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If you care to see the history of booze, and why the hell wouldn't you, then today is a day that will live in drunken infamy.
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He was piefaced soaked squiffy sloshed and all round ‘pissed as a newt’ not just a maniac but a dispsomaniac, takwe my word for it, I am an expert in drunken gibber and that is it.
Mayoral As A Newt Newmania 2008
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He was piefaced soaked squiffy sloshed and all round ‘pissed as a newt’ not just a maniac but a dispsomaniac, takwe my word for it, I am an expert in drunken gibber and that is it. (n)
Mayoral As A Newt Newmania 2008
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Obviously, it brings up interesting scenarios of landscape architects, in drunken stupors at 3 in the morning, downloading the software to design their own sinuous landforms.
Ripple Topography 2006
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