Definition of
Drunk
- (noun, person) someone who is intoxicated
- (noun, person) a chronic drinker
- (adj, all) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
helplessly inebriated - (adj, all) as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with excitement
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Synonyms of Drunk
drunkard, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, rummy, sot, wino
Alternate forms of Drunk
Derivations: drunk
Hyponyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, drunk-and-disorderly, lush, soaker, souse
Origin of the word Drunk
- pp. of drink, used as an adj. from mid-14c. In various expressions, e.g. "drunk as a lord" (1891); Chaucer has "dronke ... as a Mous" (c.1386); and, my personal favorite, from 1709, is, "He's as Drunk as a Wheelbarrow." Medieval folklore distinguished four successive stages of drunkenness, based on the animals they made men resenble: sheep, lion, ape, sow. Drunk driver f… more
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Words that sound like Drunk
dairying, daring, darning, daydreaming, dearness, deer mouse, derange, dermic, dermis, determining, deterrence, diadromous, dithering, doddering, dormancy, dormouse, drainage, draining, drawing, dreaminess, dreaming, dreariness, drench, drimys, drink, drms, dromaius, droning, drumming, dryness, dude ranch, durance, durango
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