drunk

[druhngk] / drʌŋk /

ADJECTIVE

intoxicated by alcohol

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stoned tipsy

STRONG

bashed befuddled buzzed crocked flushed flying fuddled glazed high inebriate inebriated laced lit muddled plastered potted sloshed stewed tanked totaled wasted

WEAK

boozed up feeling no pain groggy juiced liquored up seeing double three sheets to the wind tight under the influence under-the-table

Antonyms

STRONG

sober straight

NOUN

one who drinks too much

Synonyms

STRONG

alcoholic boozer carouser debauchee dipso dipsomaniac drinker guzzler inebriate lush soak sot souse sponge stiff tippler toper wino

WEAK

bacchanalian barfly bibber tosspot wine-bibber

Antonyms

WEAK

abstainer ascetic nephalist teetotaler

Example Sentences

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Corrigan told jurors he was "merry" but "not drunk".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“He’s someone who lost his BS detector and has drunk his own Kool-Aid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

She said police made no notes of what she said, and did not believe her, questioned how much she had drunk.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

He could have drunk more but he didnt.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy