drunken

drunken
Synonyms and related words:
addicted to drink, addled, beery, bemused, besotted, bibacious, bibulous, blind drunk, crapulent, crapulous, dizzy, drenched, drinking, drunk, far-gone, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy, given to drink, glorious, happy, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, lightheaded, maudlin, mellow, merry, muddled, nappy, reeling, shikker, sodden, sotted, sottish, swilling, swimming, tiddly, tippling, tipsy, toping, turned around, under the influence, vertiginous, winebibbing

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Drunken — Drunk en, a. [AS. druncen, prop., that has drunk, p. p. of drincan, taken as active. See {Drink}, v. i., and cf. {Drunk}.] 1. Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated. [1913 Webster] Drunken men imagine… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drunken — [druŋk′ən] vt., vi. [ME dronken < OE druncen, pp. of drincan, to DRINK] archaic pp. of DRINK adj. 1. intoxicated or habitually intoxicated; drunk 2. caused by, characterized by, or occurring during intoxication [drunken driving]: Used before a …   English World dictionary

  • drunken — full form of the pp. of DRUNK (Cf. drunk). Meaning inebriated was in O.E. druncena; adj. meaning habitually intoxicated is from 1540s. Related: Drunkenly …   Etymology dictionary

  • drunken — *drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, tight Analogous words: & Antonyms: see those at DRUNK …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • drunken — drunk, drunken In general drunk is used predicatively (after a verb: He arrived drunk) and drunken is used attributively (before a noun: We have a drunken landlord). There is sometimes a slight difference in meaning, drunk referring to a… …   Modern English usage

  • drunken — [[t]drʌ̱ŋkən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Drunken is used to describe events and situations that involve people who are drunk. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor... He hit her with a frying pan during a drunken brawl. 2) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n… …   English dictionary

  • Drunken — Drink Drink (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. {Drunk}, {Drunken} ( n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drinking}. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drunken — drunk|en [ˈdrʌŋkən] adj [only before noun] 1.) drunk or showing that you are drunk ▪ McBride was a drunken bully. ▪ She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. 2.) drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drunken — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English druncen, from past participle of drincan to drink Date: before 12th century 1. drunk 1 < a drunken driver > 2. obsolete saturated with liquid 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • drunken — drunk·en drəŋ kən adj 1) DRUNK (1) <a drunken driver> 2 a) given to habitual excessive use of alcohol b) of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication <drunken parties> c) resulting from or as if from intoxication <a drunken… …   Medical dictionary

  • drunken — adjective (only before noun) 1 drunk or showing that you are drunk: drunken shouting | be in a drunken stupor (=almost asleep because you are so drunk) 2 drunken party/orgy etc a party etc where people are drunk drunkenly adverb drunkenness noun… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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