potted

adjective

pot·​ted ˈpä-təd 

1

: preserved in a pot, jar, or can

potted meat

2

: planted or grown in a pot

3

: briefly and superficially summarized

a dull, pedestrian potted history

—The Times Literary Supplement (London)

4

slang : drunk sense 1a

Synonyms

• besotted
• blasted [slang]
• blind
• blitzed [slang]
• blotto [slang]
• bombed
• boozy
• canned [slang]
• cockeyed
• crocked
• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• gassed
• hammered [slang]
• high
• impaired
• inebriate
• inebriated
• intoxicated
• juiced [slang]
• lit
• lit up
• loaded [slang]
• looped
• oiled [slang]
• pickled
• pie-eyed
• plastered
• 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 potted in a Sentence

The book gives a potted history of the Industrial Revolution in the first chapter.

work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight

Recent Examples on the Web

In mild winter climates, potted hydrangea plants can outdoors with little protection. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024

Hays recommends gifting a bouquet of flowers, a potted plant, a bottle of wine, or a sincere thank you card. —Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024

Check the soil and roots and repot: Salts, fungi, and insects can linger in the soil of potted plants. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024

On floating shelves above her rest small potted plants, signs of organic life amid a tranquil technological ecosystem. —Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

potted

past and past participle of pot