pie-eyed

adjective

ˈpī-ˌīd How to pronounce pie-eyed (audio)
Definition of pie-eyednext
as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol if you go out and get pie-eyed tonight, don't bother coming back

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pie-eyed
  1. drunk
  2. drunken
  3. fried
  4. impaired
  5. wet
Adjective
  • When these interact with hot water, they can get released into the tea and end up being drunk.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fruit flies sing, get drunk and can be kept awake with caffeine, suggesting even more similarities between their brains and ours.
    Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of drunk
Adjective
  • There are absolutely no alterations in the story line of Born Yesterday, which is the account of Harry Brock, who climbs to the top of the junk business and proposes now to form an international cartel with the help of his drunken lawyer and a crooked congressman.
    THR Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Elsewhere in Cher's memoir, the singer recalls her relationship with Gene Simmons, taking a drunken John Lennon to the Playboy Mansion and her first impression of Dolly Parton, among other anecdotes.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • Pommery blends these wines to be enjoyed with food—this one would be amazing with something as fine as lobster in cream sauce or as casual as fried chicken.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, how much room there is for fried chicken in the Arizona market remains to be seen.
    Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of fried
Adjective
  • She was charged with driving while intoxicated as a first offense and driving while impaired.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • State police said the trooper found that the vehicle’s registration was expired and that the driver showed signs of being impaired.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of impaired
Adjective
  • Hundreds of thousands are packed into squalid camps along the coast, with little protection from the cold, wet winter.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • White and wet Christmas conditions have led to delays for holiday travelers returning home on Thursday as rain and mountain snow batter the Pacific Northwest and strong thunderstorms rumble in the South.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of wet
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Thesaurus Entries Near pie-eyed

pied

pie-eyed

piehole

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