drunken

See also: Drunken

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkən

Verb

drunken

  1. Alternative past participle of drink

Adjective

drunken (comparative more drunken, superlative most drunken)

  1. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
    • "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."
  2. Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
  3. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
    a drunken display of crude exuberance
  4. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
    1. Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
      drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice

Synonyms

  • drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

Translations


Low German

Etymology

From drinken, cognate to English drunken, Dutch dronken.

Adjective

drunken (comparative drunkener, superlative drunkenst)

  1. drunk, drunken

Declension

Synonyms

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