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 recent years, driver's license revocations for drugged driving rose 65 percent and fatal DUI crashes increased over 50 percent. —Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024

The drugged reptiles had been outfitted with their gear and constrained by containers that resembled huge, long coolers with removable wire-mesh tops and collapsible doors in the front. —Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024

The scene ends with a drugged Cooper finally falling into police custody. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2024

The trial is being written about around the world as one (drugged) woman’s brave demand for accountability from 50 men for their own (filmed) behaviour. —Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 3