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• drunk — drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, tight are comparable when they mean being conspicuously under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Drunk and drunken are the plainspoken, direct, and inclusive terms {drunk as a fiddler} {drunk as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• drunk — drunk·ard; drunk·en·ly; drunk·en·ness; drunk·ery; drunk·om·e·ter; un·drunk; drunk; drunk·en; …   English syllables

• drunk´en|ly — drunk|en «DRUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor; drunk: »The noisy, drunken man was arrested by the police. SYNONYM(S): intoxicated. 2. caused by being drunk: »a drunken act, drunken words. 3. often drinking too… …   Useful english dictionary

• drunk|en — «DRUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor; drunk: »The noisy, drunken man was arrested by the police. SYNONYM(S): intoxicated. 2. caused by being drunk: »a drunken act, drunken words. 3. often drinking too much… …   Useful english dictionary

• Drunk — Drunk, a. [OE. dronke, drunke, dronken, drunken, AS. druncen. Orig. the same as drunken, p. p. of drink. See {Drink}.] 1. Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• drunk — drunk, drunken In general drunk is used predicatively (after a verb: He arrived drunk) and drunken is used attributively (before a noun: We have a drunken landlord). There is sometimes a slight difference in meaning, drunk referring to a… …   Modern English usage

• drunk — [druŋk] vt., vi. [ME dronke < dronken, DRUNKEN] pp. & archaic pt. of DRINK adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor to the point of losing control over one s faculties; intoxicated 2. overcome by any powerful emotion [drunk with joy] 3. Informal …   English World dictionary

• drunk — past part of DRINK drunk drəŋk adj 1) having the faculties impaired by alcohol 2) of, relating to, or caused by intoxication: DRUNKEN <convicted of drunk driving (Time)> drunk n …   Medical dictionary

• drunk — pp. of DRINK (Cf. drink), used as an adj. from mid 14c. in sense intoxicared. In various expressions, e.g. drunk as a lord (1891); Chaucer has dronke ... as a Mous (c.1386); and, from 1709, as Drunk as a Wheelbarrow. Medieval folklore… …   Etymology dictionary

• drunk — past part. of DRINK(Cf. ↑drinkable). ► ADJECTIVE ▪ affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one s faculties or behaviour. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is drunk or who habitually drinks to excess. ● drunk and disorderly Cf. ↑drunk and… …   English terms dictionary

• Drunk — Drunk, n. A drunken condition; a spree. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English