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drunken

[ druhng-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. intoxicated; drunk. drunk.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. given to drunkenness.
  3. pertaining to, caused by, or marked by intoxication:

    a drunken quarrel.



drunken

/ ˈʌŋə /

adjective

  1. intoxicated with or as if with alcohol
  2. frequently or habitually drunk
  3. prenominal caused by or relating to alcoholic intoxication

    a drunken brawl

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

See drunk.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲ԰ԲԱ, noun
  • ˈܲ԰Ա, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ԰IJ· adverb
  • ܲ԰IJ·Ա noun
  • 󲹱-ܲ԰IJ adjective
  • ܲ·ܲ԰IJ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drunken1

Variant of drunk adj. and past participle
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Example Sentences

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A man who fatally stabbed his friend after a drunken argument turned violent has been jailed for more than five years.

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I'd entered my first one as a drunken dare after a relationship ended.

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In January, he was found guilty of attempted murder, and Judge Alice Robinson said at sentencing on Friday: "It was an angry, drunken and petulant, albeit extreme, reaction."

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Indeed, modern-day affirmative stereotypes about the Irish as a drunken and sentimental tribe of poets, dreamers and pugilists closely mirror older, more negative stereotypes, rendered charming instead of threatening.

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For decades, this fixture kept the police stretched with drunken sporadic violence.

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