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

“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

No, I decided on the drive home, with my boy zonked on the back seat and the Jeep heater blasting.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2018

If she failed them on this quest, zonked out when they needed her most... she couldn’t bear that idea.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

zonked

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