Synonyms for drunken
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Drunk — drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, blind drunk, boozy, maudlin, mellow, merry, besotted, stewed, cut, fou UK, bibulous, crapulous, sottish, tipsy, stoned, sodden, smashed, pie-eyed informal, flustered, muddled
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
What shall we do with a drunken sailor? […] / Put him in the longboat and make him bail her / Early in the morning.
Related words
- Word family
- drunkenly drunkenness
- Phrases
- drunken noodles drunken forest drunken trees
Example sentences
- intoxicated Tom could've been intoxicated, but he acted sober.
- inebriated I know for a fact that Yanni wasn't inebriated.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| drunken | rising | |
| intoxicated | steady | |
| inebriated | rising | |
| boozy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1, fou
- 5 letters
- drunk1, merry2, tipsy2, boozy2
- 6 letters
- stoned1, mellow2, stewed1, sodden2
- 7 letters
- smashed1, muddled2, maudlin2, sottish
- 8 letters
- besotted3, bibulous
- 9 letters
- flustered2, crapulous
- 10 letters
- inebriated5
- 11 letters
- intoxicated5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merry2 = 2 syllables).