Meaning of DRUNKEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'drungkun
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| | Definition: | | [adj] given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentleman holding each other up"; "sottish behavior" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bibulous, boozy, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, sottish |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drunk"en\, a. [AS. druncen, prop., that has drunk, p.
p. of drincan, taken as active. See {Drink}, v. i., and cf.
{Drunk}.]
1. Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by,
spirituous liquor; inebriated.
Drunken men imagine everything turneth round. --
Bacon.
2. Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.
Let the earth be drunken with our blood. -- Shak.
3. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.
The drunken quarrels of a rake. -- Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | addicted to drink, addled, beery, bemused, besotted, bibacious, bibulous, blind drunk, crapulent, crapulous, dizzy, drenched, drinking, drunk, far-gone, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy, given to drink, glorious, happy, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, lightheaded, maudlin, mellow, merry, muddled, nappy, reeling, shikker, sodden, sotted, sottish, swilling, swimming, tiddly, tippling, tipsy, toping, turned around, under the influence, vertiginous, winebibbing |
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