plastered

adjective

plas·​tered ˈpla-stərd How to pronounce plastered (audio)
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slang
: drunk, intoxicated
Move over, children. Go eat your mini eggs somewhere else as your auntie wants to get plastered.Mel Ramsay
… oh we were plastered, we barely knew what we were doing …Dave Eggers
College boys could get totally plastered, and the worst that would happen to them would be hangovers and missed morning classes.Katha Pollitt

Examples of plastered in a Sentence

I got totally plastered at the party. I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party.
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In an embarrassing photo shared by authorities, the plastered procyonid could be seen lying next to a garbage can and toilet. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 2 Dec. 2025 Lean into plastered walls instead of sponge paint, and natural and handmade tiles, over faux stone. Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025 Three little raggedy boys sit in a row pressed against each other on a mound of rubble in front of a worn plastered brick wall in 1915 in Esztergom, Hungary, Kertész’s homeland. Donna Seaman june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025 Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control. TIME, 24 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for plastered

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plastered was in 1902

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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastered. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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