squiffed

adjective

variants or squiffy
Definition of squiffednext
as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol the Scotsman was squiffed when he passed out by the roadside

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squiffed
  1. drunk
  2. fried
  3. blind
  4. impaired
  5. smashed
  6. drunken
  7. blasted
Adjective
  • Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Officers found Stewart drunk behind the wheel of a 2021 Honda Civic.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of drunk
Adjective
  • Experts recommend limiting foods high in trans fats, such as fried foods, as much as possible.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Brochu's Whole Chicken Dinner is my favorite thing to order, as it's got a little bit of everything (fried thighs, grilled breast, and chicken salad) but their dessert program is amazing too!
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of fried
Adjective
  • Down in the garden, dead cornstalks made a pleasant rattling sound in the cold wind, for all the world like the dry rushes of a duck blind rustling in the darkness of an overcast November morning.
    Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • That might explain why the Portland-via-Fort Lauderdale post-hardcore band performs with such extemporaneous vigor on Deep Sage, thrashing and flailing in a release of anger that trades blind rage for determined revenge.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of blind
Adjective
  • The sheriff added that, based on a preliminary investigation, the driver didn’t appear to be impaired.
    Danielle Jennings, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Police arrested Cuadrado, who lives in Castle Hill, following the accident and charged him with criminally negligent homicide, vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of impaired
Adjective
  • Footage from the scene showed the smashed motorcycles near the shoulder and right-most lane of the road, which was littered with debris.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Only her car, found abandoned by two hunters on a rural roadside the next morning, and her two smashed cell phones, discovered near a neighbor's house, remained.
    Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of smashed
Adjective
  • Besides, drunken Survivor footage is the best kind of footage.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Like one bride's tale about how she was forced to have wedding crashers kicked out of her wedding by police when their drunken behavior became too much.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.
    Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
Definition of blasted
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