strung out

adjective

1

: physically debilitated (as from long-term drug addiction)

2

: addicted to a drug

3

: intoxicated or stupefied from drug use

Synonyms

• blasted [slang]
• blitzed [slang]
• bombed
• high
• hopped-up
• loaded [slang]
• ripped [slang]
• spaced-out
• spaced
• stoned
• wasted [slang]
• wiped out [slang]
• zonked
• zonked-out

Examples of strung out in a Sentence

stars strung out across the galaxy

she seems to have been strung out for most of the 1960s

Recent Examples on the Web

Now he’s holed up in his family home, which abuts the dismal local zoo, where his father is strung out and intent on drinking himself to death. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2024

Such weather particularly hampers the military that is strung out on multiple front lines by blunting the advantage of its air power, analysts said. —Fox News, 7 May 2024

Already strung out and cynical about the state of work, employees and job applicants found these types of assessments to be the final nail in the coffin. —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2024

The North African war was being waged mostly along coastal areas, where Axis airfields and bases were strung out. —Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1