stewed

[stood, styood] / stud, styud /

ADJECTIVE

drunk

Synonyms

STRONG

bashed befuddled buzzed crocked flushed flying fuddled glazed 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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A piece of herring—pickled, stewed or fried—constituted a weekday treat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

The idea came from dinner at Le Bouchon, where they serve a winter cheesecake with stewed fruit and — yes — granola.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

He stewed in it for days on end, unable to shake it loose.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

In the morning he found a dish of stewed lentils on the storeroom shelf.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw