1
a
: having the faculties impaired by alcohol
b
: having a level of alcohol in the blood that exceeds a maximum prescribed by law
legally drunk
2
: dominated by an intense feeling
drunk with rage
3
: relating to, caused by, or characterized by intoxication : drunken
drunk driving
1
: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated
a 2-day drunk
2
: one who is drunk
especially
: drunkard
Examples of drunk in a Sentence
Adjective
I don't like being around drunk people.
She was so drunk that she could barely walk.
I was drunk and couldn't think straight.
We got drunk on wine.
Noun
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
And he was arrested for attacking and threatening to kill Sharon while blackout drunk in 1989.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
Scolding your Valley co-star for being a sloppy drunk is like scolding your Gilded Age co-star for wearing wigs with weird little bangs.
—Michelle Cohn, Vulture, 24 July 2025
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Adjective
The victim told police Cruz-Diaz was drunk and high when the incident happened.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
And he was arrested for attacking and threatening to kill Sharon while blackout drunk in 1989.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Noun
Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
Scolding your Valley co-star for being a sloppy drunk is like scolding your Gilded Age co-star for wearing wigs with weird little bangs.
—Michelle Cohn, Vulture, 24 July 2025
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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drunk
1 of 3past participle of drink
drunk
2 of 3 adjective1
: having consumed alcohol to the point that normal thinking or acting becomes difficult or impossible
2
: controlled by some feeling as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with power
3
a
b
: occurring while drunk
drunk driving
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