drunk
drunk1 /drʌŋk/ 
the past participle of drink
▪ drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected: Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night. | I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting. | drunk driving | The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.
▪tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk: After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
▪pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite: Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.
▪intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk: He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
▪paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk: Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless. | They became totally paralytic and abusive.
▪drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk: A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door. | We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk).
drunk2 S3 adjective
OPP sober:
You’re drunk.
David would get drunk and I would have to take him home and put him to bed.
drunk on
He was drunk on beer and whisky.
blind drunk British English (=very drunk)
All she wants to do is get blind drunk.
drunk as a lord (also drunk as a skunk) (=very drunk)
He turned up one morning, drunk as a lord.
2. being drunk and disorderly law the crime of behaving in a violent noisy way in a public place when you are drunk
3. drunk on/with something so excited by a feeling that you behave in a strange way:
drunk with happiness
⇨ punch-drunk, ⇨ roaring drunk at roaring(5)
drunk3 (also drunk‧ard /ˈdrʌŋkəd $ -ərd/) noun [countable]someone who is drunk or often gets drunk ⇨ alcoholic
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the past participle of drink
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adjective Word Family: noun: drink, drinker, drinking, drunk, drunkenness; adjective: drunk, drunken; verb: drink; adverb: drunkenly
1. [not before noun] unable to control your behaviour, speech etc because you have drunk too much alcohol OPP sober:
drunk on
blind drunk British English (=very drunk)
drunk as a lord (also drunk as a skunk) (=very drunk)
2. being drunk and disorderly law the crime of behaving in a violent noisy way in a public place when you are drunk
3. drunk on/with something so excited by a feeling that you behave in a strange way:
⇨ punch-drunk, ⇨ roaring drunk at roaring(5)
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(also drunk‧ard /ˈdrʌŋkəd $ -ərd/) noun [countable]someone who is drunk or often gets drunk ⇨ alcoholic