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Definitions

zonked

[zongkt, zawngkt] / zɒŋkt, zɔŋkt /
ADJECTIVE
drunk, intoxicated
Synonyms
WEAK
bashed boozed up buzzed crocked feeling no pain flying high inebriated juiced laced liquored up lit plastered seeing double sloshed stewed stoned tanked three sheets to the wind tipsy totaled under the influence under-the-table wasted
ADJECTIVE
astonished, stunned
Synonyms
WEAK
amazed astonished dazed dumbfounded groggy thunderstruck unconscious

Example Sentences

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He doesn’t schedule any dinners that first week back and goes to bed at 5 p.m., if he is zonked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

He said that by early evening, they were "zonked, but it's lovely".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

We went home, plopped on the couch and, zonked but inexplicably wired, watched the entirety of "Men in Black," which I’d never seen.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

“I had the exact same problem as Juliet,” Hunt says, “but I was so zonked at the time, I just took the easy route for a while and reverted to purees and spoon-feeding.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2019

For the first couple of days, we were so zonked by jet lag it felt as if we were moving at half speed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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