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or less commonly druggie
: associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use
They pass around a joint and exchange druggy mumbles. Another night to get bored, get stoned.—
Richard Corliss
Richard CorlissCombining the revelry of disco and the disorientation of psychedelia, rave music tends to be brazenly druggy, in both its sound and its lyrical allusions.—Simon Reynolds
Simon ReynoldsExamples of druggy in a Sentence
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Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
But while his desire to evoke the druggy euphoria of early U.K. club music has sometimes jostled against his ear for atmosphere (as on his contributions to the Shock Power of Love split with Blackdown), those two extremes are more fully integrated than ever on these two 13-minute tracks.
—Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
Standing in for the druggy Mutiny Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla., where the kingpin confabs take place, is the ballroom of the Queen Mary and an ‘80s-era hotel in the City of Industry.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
At times the drums are obnoxiously loud, or move sluggishly against the other instruments, creating a druggy polyrhythmic texture.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
America, Russia, woman, man, youth, experience, druggy hedonism, rigid professionalism.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2020
Why it wasn't nominated: Even non-druggy ancient epics are on the wane with the Academy.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
The low-ceilinged, below-street-level space had been a notoriously exclusive and druggy nightclub when Paul Sevigny owned it briefly in the aughts, and more than a whiff of that louche glamour lingered after Graydon Carter and Emil Varda turned it into a restaurant.
—Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2021
Gus spent his whole Saul life edging into Salamanca territory, and Lalo's death finally gave him the druggy real estate to supercharge his operation toward a cartel coup.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike ’90s peers Suede and Pulp, Oasis was the rare Britpop act whose popularity fully translated stateside, with Morning Glory selling more than 4 million copies in the U.S. and its druggy mess of a follow-up, Be Here Now, also going platinum.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
But trouble looms in the shape of Margo’s baby’s father, her newly morally upright mother, and Jinx’s druggy demons.
—Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 22 May 2024
The tour is, after all, billed as a celebration of Aerosmith’s 50 years of music, from the grimy blues rock and druggy riffs of the ‘70s to the polished sheen of their mainstream-commanding ‘80s output.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
The music for this version of the song sounds new-wavey and emotional, adding depth to druggy imagery.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
The album has 21 cuts and save for a handful of tracks at the beginning and the end, each one delves into the kind of druggy, violent trauma Durk initially planned to leave behind. Lyrically, Almost Healed is an occasionally thrilling morass of contradictions.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
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Adjective
Bree, floating in a druggy haze, is surrounded by sweaty men with comb-overs.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
But while his desire to evoke the druggy euphoria of early U.K. club music has sometimes jostled against his ear for atmosphere (as on his contributions to the Shock Power of Love split with Blackdown), those two extremes are more fully integrated than ever on these two 13-minute tracks.
—Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
Standing in for the druggy Mutiny Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla., where the kingpin confabs take place, is the ballroom of the Queen Mary and an ‘80s-era hotel in the City of Industry.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
At times the drums are obnoxiously loud, or move sluggishly against the other instruments, creating a druggy polyrhythmic texture.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
America, Russia, woman, man, youth, experience, druggy hedonism, rigid professionalism.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2020
Why it wasn't nominated: Even non-druggy ancient epics are on the wane with the Academy.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
The low-ceilinged, below-street-level space had been a notoriously exclusive and druggy nightclub when Paul Sevigny owned it briefly in the aughts, and more than a whiff of that louche glamour lingered after Graydon Carter and Emil Varda turned it into a restaurant.
—Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2021
Gus spent his whole Saul life edging into Salamanca territory, and Lalo's death finally gave him the druggy real estate to supercharge his operation toward a cartel coup.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
Noun
Now, Shimmy’s druggy earworms and tropical two-step anthems are the gold standard of South Florida rap.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike ’90s peers Suede and Pulp, Oasis was the rare Britpop act whose popularity fully translated stateside, with Morning Glory selling more than 4 million copies in the U.S. and its druggy mess of a follow-up, Be Here Now, also going platinum.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
But trouble looms in the shape of Margo’s baby’s father, her newly morally upright mother, and Jinx’s druggy demons.
—Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 22 May 2024
The tour is, after all, billed as a celebration of Aerosmith’s 50 years of music, from the grimy blues rock and druggy riffs of the ‘70s to the polished sheen of their mainstream-commanding ‘80s output.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
The music for this version of the song sounds new-wavey and emotional, adding depth to druggy imagery.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
The album has 21 cuts and save for a handful of tracks at the beginning and the end, each one delves into the kind of druggy, violent trauma Durk initially planned to leave behind. Lyrically, Almost Healed is an occasionally thrilling morass of contradictions.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
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