as in drunken
being under the influence of alcohol
several wedding guests who got a little drunk
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as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
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as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drunk
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
And, like, why isn’t someone puking or smashing stuff or collapsed drunk?
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024
Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The story picks up with Eddie and Venom drunk in a bar in Mexico, having gone on the run after eliminating Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady and his symbiote, Carnage, in the last movie.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
And, like, why isn’t someone puking or smashing stuff or collapsed drunk?
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
There’s no distinguishing a man from another man or a woman from a drunk.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Verb
McCarthy said, while the questioner drank a shot from an Andy's Clubhouse Shotski.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
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But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
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On the other side of the spectrum is Tamra, who spent the entire season screaming at Shannon for being an alcoholic.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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The recovering alcoholic had come dangerously close to relapsing at that same bar on the same night, ordering a drink and staring at it for an hour before leaving without taking a sip.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
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In a 4-3 decision issued Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 60-year prison sentence for a man who went on a two-month kidnapping and robbery spree in Hamilton County.Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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Amid the big selling spree, Berkshire’s cash hoard reached $325.2 billion in the third quarter, an all-time high for the conglomerate.Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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Spectroscopy analysis determines this composition by analyzing the light wavelengths that are absorbed and reflected off the surface of Europa.Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
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Stafford, in his 16th season, absorbed 40 hits through the first five games, the third-most among any signal-caller.Jay Paris, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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He was also required to make a public safety announcement about the dangers of impaired driving.Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Starting in 2018, for example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and collaborators showed how impaired lipid processing in specific cell types harboring APOE4 alters them in ways that could cause disease.ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
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What’s more, the same Marvel source said there’s a chance some viewers put off watching Agatha until all episodes were released on Halloween eve, turning the series into a spooky-season binge.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully, The Lincoln Lawyer got to air all of season 3 in one big binge, rather than season 2 which was split up in Netflix’s annoying new release pattern.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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These substances, which can be severely harmful and even life-threatening, can be soaked into or sprayed on paper, which then gets distributed across facilities.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Asheville and its surrounding towns in western North Carolina had just been soaked by a severe rainstorm when the remnants of Hurricane Helene slammed into the Blue Ridge Mountains.Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The rich savory sweetness of roasted onions teams up with onion soup mix and everybody’s favorite casserole topping—French’s fried onions—to infuse this bird with oniony flavor from the inside out.Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
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Instead, his server brought him a steaming plate of fried zucchini.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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