Word: Drunk

Pronunciation

/drʌŋk/

Definitions

• Adjective: Being under the influence of alcohol to the extent that one’s faculties are impaired; intoxicated. For example: “After several drinks, he was too drunk to drive home.”
• Noun: A person who is drunk, especially habitually. For example: “The police arrested a drunk staggering down the street.”

Phrases

• “Get drunk”: To become intoxicated through the consumption of alcohol.
• “Drink oneself drunk”: To consume so much alcohol that one becomes intoxicated.
• “Drunk as a skunk”: Informal expression to describe someone who is very drunk.

Example Sentences

• Adjective: “At the New Year’s Eve party, some guests became quite drunk by midnight.”
• Noun: “The bartender refused to serve any more drinks to that drunk.”

Synonyms

• Intoxicated
• Inebriated
• Sobered up
• Tipsy
• Hammered
• Sloshed
• Loaded
• Plastered
• Under the influence

Additional Notes

• As a verb, “drink” can be used transitively with the adverb “drunk” to mean “to consume alcohol to the point of intoxication.” For example: “He drank himself drunk last night.”

• The past participle of the verb “drink” is also “drunk” and can be used in this context: “I had drunk so much wine that I was thoroughly drunk.”