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stoned

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stoned  (stnd)
adj. Slang
Drunk or intoxicated.
[Earlier stone, shortening of stone-drunk, drunk senseless, very drunk.]
stoned [stəʊnd]
adj
(Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang under the influence of drugs or alcohol
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stoned - under the influence of narcotics
hopped-up
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
Translations
stoned [stəʊnd] ADJ (on drugs) → colocado; (= drunk) → borracho
stoned [ˈstəʊnd] adj (on drugs) → défoncé(e) > (= drunk) → bourré(e) >
stone deaf stone-deaf [ˌstəʊnˈdɛf] adj → sourd(e) comme un pot
stone-ground stoneground [ˈstəʊngraʊnd] adj [flour, wheat] → moulu(e) sur pierre
stoned [stəʊnd] adj pred (fam) (drunk, on drugs) → fatto/a
stoned [stəʊnd] adj pred (fam) (drunk, on drugs) → fatto/a


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This remonstrance being received with yells and flying stones, according to a custom of late years comfortably established among the police regulations of our English communities, where Christians are stoned on all sides, as if the days of Saint Stephen were revived, Durdles remarks of the young savages, with some point, that 'they haven't got an object,' and leads the way down the lane.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
The inclination to goodness, is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, a cruel people, who nevertheless are kind to beasts, and give alms, to dogs and birds; insomuch, as Busbechius reporteth, a Christian boy, in Constantinople, had like to have been stoned, for gagging in a waggishness a long-billed fowl.
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Though, as we know, prophets are not without honour save in their own countries and among their own kindred, the time comes when their countries and kindred are entirely without honour save by reason of those very prophets they once despised, rejected, stoned, and crucified.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
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