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Definition of Drunk
1. Noun. A chronic drinker.
Specialized synonyms: Alcoholic, Alky, Boozer, Dipsomaniac, Lush, Soaker, Souse
Generic synonyms: Drinker, Imbiber, Juicer, Toper
Derivative terms: Drink, Inebriate, Inebriate
2. Adjective. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol). "Helplessly inebriated"
Similar to: Bacchanal, Bacchanalian, Bacchic, Carousing, Orgiastic, Beery, Besotted, Blind Drunk, Blotto, Cockeyed, Crocked, Fuddled, Loaded, Pie-eyed, Pissed, Pixilated, Plastered, Slopped, Sloshed, Smashed, Soaked, Soused, Sozzled, Squiffy, Stiff, Tight, Wet, Potty, Tiddly, Tipsy, Bibulous, Boozy, Drunken, Sottish, Doped, Drugged, Narcotised, Narcotized, Half-seas-over, High, Mellow, Hopped-up, Stoned
Antonyms: Sober
3. Noun. Someone who is intoxicated.
4. Adjective. As if under the influence of alcohol. "Drunk with excitement"
Definition of Drunk
1. a. Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; -- never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man).
2. n. A drunken condition; a spree.
Definition of Drunk
1. Adjective. In a state of intoxication caused by the consumption of excessive alcohol, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages. ¹
2. Adjective. (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened. ¹
3. Noun. A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated. ¹
4. Noun. A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness. ¹
5. Noun. A drunken state. ¹
6. Verb. (past participle of drink) ¹
7. Verb. (context: Southern US) (simple past of drink) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drunk
1. intoxicated [adj DRUNKER, DRUNKEST] / a drunken person [n -S]
Medical Definition of Drunk
1. 1. Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man). "Be not drunk with wine, where in is excess." (Eph. V. 18) "Drunk with recent prosperity." (Macaulay) 2. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid. "I will make mine arrows drunk with blood." (Deut. Xxxii. 42) Origin: OE. Dronke, drunke, dronken, drunken, AS. Druncen. Orig. The same as drunken, p. P. Of drink. See Drink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drunk
Literary usage of Drunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"Damaged, dazed, dead drunk, dipped deep, discouraged, disguised, done over, doped,
... Main brace well spliced, making m's and w's, martin drunk, ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1897)
"THE NATIVE-BORN We've drunk to the Queen— God bless her !- We've drunk to our
mothers' land; We've drunk to our English brother (But he does not understand) ..."
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