Drunkish

Quick meaning: Drunkish is an adjective meaning Somewhat drunk.

Meaning

Somewhat drunk.

Example Sentences

There was more laughter—and Gerald was leading them along very ably: they were drunkish and amenable, even gullible, since making a speech was a kind of trick.

[…] every evening he comes precisely at a certain hour to drink beer, seasoned with a little tobacco, and the company of these two women. Drinks diligently in a sipping way, says Horace; and smokes, with such dull speech as there may be,—not till he is drunk, but only perceptibly drunkish; raised into a kind of cloudy narcotic Olympus, and opaquely superior to the ills of life; in which state he walks uncomplainingly to bed.

Synonyms for drunkish

Depending on context, synonyms include buzzed, tipsy, drunk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tiddly, semidrunk, dizzyish, tipsy, ebrious, drunklike.

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