pickled

[pik-uhld] / ˈpɪk əld /

ADJECTIVE

drunk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glazed stewed

STRONG

bashed befuddled buzzed crocked flushed flying fuddled inebriate inebriated intoxicated laced lit muddled plastered potted sloshed stoned tanked totaled wasted

WEAK

besotted boozed up crapulent crapulous drunk as a skunk drunken feeling no pain groggy half-seas over high high as a kite in one's cups juiced liquored up seeing double sodden three sheets to the wind tight tipsy under the influence under-the-table

Antonyms

STRONG

sober straight

Example Sentences

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She added that they’re a good “blank canvas” for various flavor profiles and can carry creamy, hot and pickled sauces.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

For most of human history, the diet was a prisoner of the seasons and dictated by whatever could be smoked, pickled, salted or buried in a dark cellar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Smaller ones for the things that make a meal feel finished: bacon bits, pickled onions, a sauce you made earlier in the week and forgot about until you needed it.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Crispy bacon bits, poppy pickled onions, hunks of avocado, corn nuts, everything bagel seasoning, za’atar, toasted breadcrumbs, torn herbs.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

“Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can’t pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

pickled

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