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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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Robin van Laan, 26, took home the top prize for stamppot last year and is hoping for a repeat performance this time with his secret ingredient of pickled onions.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I was addicted to reading the food scenes—the Christmas feast that the March girls bring to the Hummels, the illicit pickled limes Amy sucks on at school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

We especially enjoyed the empanadas criollas, beef with olives and raisins and deboned whole-fried yellowtail, served with Haitian pikliz, a pickled vegetable condiment, and Guasacaca, a Venezuelan avocado salsa.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

In prison, he "loved eating rice with pickled ginger," Chan said.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

All those crates of nopalitos and epazote and tender corn, all those shelves of pickled red onions and tequesquite and coriander taunting me.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.