drugged

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adjective

ˈdrəgd 

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: affected, intoxicated, or stupefied by or as if by a drug or the habitual use of drugs

… drivers who are repeatedly convicted of driving while drunk or illegally drugged.

—Linda Koco

Don't use sleeping pills; you cannot dream lucidly when you are drugged.

—Zsuzsanna E. Budapest

… Walter, drugged by warmth after the cold day's slog, dozed in his chair …

—K. Brenda Mager

—often used in combination with -out or -up

a drugged-out lifestyle

Russell Brand, known for a movie role as a drugged-out rock star, has a new show premiering Thursday.

—Bill Brioux

She urged students to avoid getting behind the wheel with a drunk or drugged-up driver.

—Susan Mende

2

: occurring while under the influence of an intoxicating drug

drugged driving

3

: containing an illicit intoxicating drug usually added surreptitiously

On Wednesday, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department released a general community safety information post on Facebook to alert locals and tourists of the dangers of drugged drinks at local bars.

—Nico Madrigal Yankowski

drugged

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past tense and past participle of drug

Examples of drugged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In Another Simple Favor climax, Charity and Linda hold a drugged Nicky at gunpoint on a cliffside, forcing a confrontation with Emily and Stephanie. —Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025

Brunson's video showed the drugged kangaroo being carried to a vehicle to be returned to its home. —CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025

In February 2020, Duffy revealed the reason for her lengthy absence from the spotlight: a devastating ordeal some years earlier in which she was raped, drugged and held captive. —Rachel Desantis, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025

The drugged soldiers stumbled and had difficulty keeping their balance, according to the proffer. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for drugged

• unplugged
• bugged
• chugged
• hugged
• lugged
• mugged
• plugged
• shrugged
• slugged
• tugged