drunk

drunk  (drngk)

v.

Past participle of drink.

adj.

1.

a. Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.

b. Caused or influenced by intoxication.

2. Overcome by strong feeling or emotion: drunk with power.

n.

1. A drunkard.

2. A bout of drinking.

Usage Note: As an adjective the form drunk is used after a verb while the form drunken is now used only in front of a noun: They were drunk last night. A drunken patron at the restaurant ruined our evening. Using drunk in front of a noun is usually considered unacceptable in formal style, but the phrases drunk driver and drunk driving, which have become fixed expressions, present an exception to this. Drunk and drunken are sometimes used to make a legal distinction, whereby a drunk driver is a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the legal limit, and a drunken driver is a driver who is inebriated.

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drunk

Verb

the past participle of drink

Adjective

1. intoxicated with alcohol to the extent of losing control over normal functions

2. overwhelmed by strong influence or emotion: he was half drunk with satisfaction at his victory over the intruder

Noun

a person who is drunk or drinks habitually to excess [Old English druncen, past participle of drincan to drink]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drunk - a chronic drinker drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse, soaker - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
	2.	drunk - someone who is intoxicated imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) drunk-and-disorderly - someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly; "they delivered the drunk-and-disorderlies to the county jail"
Adj.	1.	drunk - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" inebriated, intoxicated
	2.	drunk - as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement" intoxicated excited - in an aroused state

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drunk

adjective 1. intoxicated, loaded (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. tight (informal) canned (slang) flying (slang) bombed (slang) stoned (slang) wasted (slang) smashed (slang) steaming (slang) wrecked (slang) soaked (informal) out of it (slang) plastered (slang) drunken, blitzed (slang) lit up (slang) merry Brit. (informal) stewed (slang) pickled (informal) bladdered (slang) under the influence (informal) sloshed (slang) tipsy, maudlin, well-oiled (slang) legless (informal) paralytic (informal) tired and emotional (euphemistic) steamboats Scot. (slang) tiddly (slang), chiefly Brit. zonked (slang) blotto (slang) fuddled, inebriated, out to it Austral., N.Z. (slang) sottish, tanked up (slang) bacchic, half seas over (informal) bevvied (dialect) babalas S. African fu' Scot. pie-eyed (slang)

noun 2. drunkard, alcoholic, lush (slang) boozer (informal) toper, sot, soak (slang) wino (informal) inebriate, alko or alco Austral. (slang)

Translations

drunk [drʌŋk] pp of drink

adj → borracho

n (also: drunkard) → borracho/a;

to get drunk → emborracharse

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drunk [drʌŋk] pp of drink

adj → ivre, soûl(e)

n (also: drunkard) → ivrogne m/f;

to get drunk → s'enivrer, se soûler

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drunk [drʌŋk] pp of drink

adj → betrunken

n (also: drunkard) → Trinker(in) m(f);

to get drunk → sich betrinken;

a drunk driving offence → Trunkenheit f am Steuer

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drunk [drʌŋk] pp of drink

adj → ubriaco/a, ebbro/a

n → ubriacone/a;

to get drunk → ubriacarsi, prendere una sbornia