Drunken

/ˈdɹʌŋkən/ · verb

Meaning

(archaic, still occasionally in juxtaposition with eaten) past participle of drink.

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic, still occasionally in juxtaposition with eaten) past participle of drink
2. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
3. (derogatory) Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
4. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
5. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
6. (ambitransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.

Example Sentences

What shall we do with a drunken sailor? […] / Put him in the longboat and make him bail her / Early in the morning.

I ask now to put faces to those names and remove all doubt that the songs I've heard sung in your honor were not a drunken bard's attempt to make a few extra coins. This mission is dire and the reward shall fit you well.[…]

a drunken display of crude exuberance

Surviving pictures of the accident show the two locomotives leaning at drunken angles, still covered with flags and evergreens—a mixture of comedy and tragedy.

Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!

The dreamy coloring of the land is just too drunkening.

Dogma drunkens the Spirit, and while we indulge in our stupor, it robs us of our innate Spiritually Divine and Creative acuity . . . Love alone provides us with the much needed restorative properties of redemption.

Synonyms for drunken

Antonyms for drunken

Related Words

Word Forms

• more drunken
• most drunken
• drunkens
• drunkening
• drunkened

Usage Notes

Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.

Practice and Learn More

Frequently Asked Questions