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drunken

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As a verb, drunken means make or become drunk or drunken. As an adjective, it means drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.

Meanings of drunken

6 meanings

verb

  1. To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate

Past participle of drink

adjective

  1. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.

  2. Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.

  3. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.

    “a drunken display of crude exuberance”

  4. Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.

    “drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice”

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteSaturated with liquid

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
bibulousboozysottish

Words that rhyme with drunken

sunkenshrunken

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