1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
obsolete
: saturated with liquid
3
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
they come from … broken homes, drunken homes—
P. B. Gilliam
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c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken brawl
4
: unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication
drunkenly
adverb
Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of drunken in a Sentence
The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.
He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.
He fell into a drunken stupor.
A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.
Recent Examples on the Web
Rocky staggers in his corner like a drunken man trying to get back up on a barstool.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Crowd surges and drunken behavior marred the February 2024 event.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Black journalist and Progressive activist Ida B. Wells famously took Willard to task for circulating racist stereotypes about drunken Black men raping innocent white women in a cynical effort to garner support from Southern white women.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Crowd surges and drunken behavior marred the February 2024 event.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Black journalist and Progressive activist Ida B. Wells famously took Willard to task for circulating racist stereotypes about drunken Black men raping innocent white women in a cynical effort to garner support from Southern white women.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Drunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunken. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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drunken
adjective
drunk·en
ˈdrəŋ-kən 
1
b
: having a habit of drinking too much alcohol
2
a
: resulting from being drunk
a drunken brawl
drunkenly
adverb
Medical Definition
drunken
adjective
drunk·en
ˈdrəŋ-kən
1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
drunken parties
c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken stupor
drunkenly
adverb
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