as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party
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Recent Examples of plastered
David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity.
—New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
The film’s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
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And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity.
—New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
The film’s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastered
Adjective
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In Aurora, some of the attendees became drunk and rowdy.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nico Gramatica then nailed a 20-yard field goal as time expired.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the true star of this portion of the show was Matt Duckworth, who absolutely nailed those powerhouse drum parts originally laid down by Sabbath’s mighty Bill Ward (aka, one of the greatest drummers in rock ‘n’ roll history).—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jason’s windshield was smeared, and the late-afternoon sunlight came through hazily.—
Akhil Sharma,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While cruise line operators are enjoying a surge in popularity after the pandemic badly battered the industry—and Carnival itself reported an all-time high of $25 billion in annual revenue in 2024—investments in AI and other technologies could make travel by ship even more desirable.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Long Walk takes place in an alternate America in what looks like the ’60s or ’70s, one that’s been battered and economically devastated by an internal conflict.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The two girls were killed in a drunken-driving hit-and-run collision, theDepartment of Homeland Security said, by a man in the United States illegally who fled the scene of the crime.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Court records show that Nechville was convicted of drunken driving in 2019 and 2023.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The TikTok clip, posted by user @joon_rkive4 on August 8, has racked up almost 6 million views and sparked a flood of commentary on the unusual design choice.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Vance posted a remembrance on X chronicling their friendship, dating back to initial messages in 2017, through Vance’s Senate run and ultimately praying after hearing of the shooting.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Consider the house made bread with wheatgrass butter—slathered on a piece of seeded sourdough that is as pillowy as a down comforter.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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More than 18 months after that outreach, Douglas County commissioners slathered some complimentary and self-congratulatory frosting on this week’s invitation to the three-time Super Bowl champions to make their next home 20 miles south of Empower Field at Mile High.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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His presidency also was buffeted by domestic crises — rampant inflation and high unemployment, as well as interminable lines at gas stations triggered by a decline in the global oil supply exacerbated by Iran’s Islamic Revolution.—
Scott Kraft,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plastered. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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