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drunk

[ druhngk ]

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adjective

being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcohol; intoxicated:
The wine made him drunk.
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Antonyms:
overcome or dominated by a strong feeling or emotion:
drunk with power;
drunk with joy.
pertaining to or caused by intoxication or intoxicated persons; drunken:
The semester before I dropped out was just a blur of drunk hookups and missed classes.

noun

an intoxicated person:
A couple of rude, grabby drunks ruined the parade for her.
Disparaging and Offensive. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
a spree; drinking party:
We rolled back into town after a four-day drunk, looking like hell.

verb

past participle and nonstandard simple past tense of drink.

drunk

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adjective

intoxicated with alcohol to the extent of losing control over normal physical and mental functions
overwhelmed by strong influence or emotion
drunk with joy

noun

a person who is drunk or drinks habitually to excess
informal.
a drinking bout

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Usage Note

See drink ( def ).

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Confusables Note

Both drunk and drunken are used as modifiers before nouns naming persons: a drunk customer; a drunken merrymaker. Only drunk occurs after a linking verb: He was not drunk, just jovial. The actor was drunk with success. The modifier drunk in legal language describes a person whose blood contains more than the legally allowed percentage of alcohol: Drunk drivers go to jail. Drunken, not drunk, is almost always the form used with nouns that do not name persons: drunken arrogance; a drunken free-for-all. In such uses it normally has the sense “pertaining to, caused by, or marked by intoxication.” Drunken is also idiomatic in such expressions as drunken bum or drunken sailor.

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Other Word Forms

half-drunk adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drunk¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English drunken, Old English druncen, past participle of drincan “to swallow liquid, drink”; drink

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drunk¹

Old English druncen, past participle of drincan to drink; see drink

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The 31-year-old has drunk "wine and tequila" from the famous old trophy, which has spent most of the year with his parents because "dad definitely consumes more wine than I do".

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You speak about some very painful instances where you were forced to care for your mother when she was drunk.

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One student is being deported for drunk driving.

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Ortega was previously arrested on suspicion of drunk driving last May and later pleaded no contest to driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of 0.08% or above, according to court records.

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"I would ask if you were drunk if you said that back then. But we all knew he was something special. He is a fantastic player, and an even better person."

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