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drunk·en
(drŭng′kən)adj.
1. Delirious with or as if with strong drink; intoxicated.
2. Habitually drunk.
3. Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication: a drunken brawl. See Usage Note at drunk.
4. Cooked with wine or another alcoholic beverage: drunken mushrooms.
drunk′en·ly adv.
drunk′en·ness n.
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drunken
(ˈdrʌŋkən)adj
1. intoxicated with or as if with alcohol
2. frequently or habitually drunk
3. (prenominal) caused by or relating to alcoholic intoxication: a drunken brawl.
ˈdrunkenly adv
ˈdrunkenness n
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drunk•en
(ˈdrʌŋ kən)adj.
1. intoxicated; drunk.
2. given to drunkenness.
3. pertaining to, caused by, or marked by intoxication: a drunken quarrel.
[earlier form of drunk]
drunk′en•ly, adv.
drunk′en•ness, n.
usage: See drunk.
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drunk
drunkenDrunk is the past participle of the verb 'drink'.
See drink
1. 'drunk' used as an adjective
Drunk is also an adjective. If someone is drunk, they have drunk too much alcohol and are not in complete control of their behaviour.
The colonel was so drunk that he could barely get his words out.
She was being driven home by an extremely drunk young man.
When someone drinks too much alcohol and loses control of their behaviour, you say that they get drunk.
He had decided that he was never going to get drunk again.
We all got happily drunk.
2. 'drunken'
Drunken has the same meaning as 'drunk' but it is only used in front of a noun. You do not say that someone 'is drunken'.
...stiffer penalties for drunken drivers.
Groups of drunken hooligans smashed windows and threw stones.
You use drunken rather than 'drunk' to describe the behaviour of people who are drunk.
...a long drunken party.
I descended into a deep drunken sleep.
You also use drunken rather than 'drunk' to describe people who are often drunk.
Where will she go? Back to her drunken husband in Canada?
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Adj. | 1. | drunken - given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior" drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" |
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drunken
adjective
1. intoxicated, smashed (slang), drunk, flying (slang), bombed (slang), wasted (slang), hammered (slang), steaming (slang), wrecked (slang), out of it (slang), boozing (informal), blitzed (slang), pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), lit up (slang), bladdered (slang), under the influence (informal), tippling, toping, red-nosed, legless (informal), paralytic (informal), steamboats (Scot. slang), off your face (slang), zonked (slang), bibulous, blotto (slang), inebriate, out to it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), sottish, rat-arsed (taboo slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), bevvied (dialect), (gin-)sodden Drunken yobs smashed shop windows.
2. boozy, dissipated (informal), riotous, debauched, dionysian, orgiastic, bacchanalian, bacchic, saturnalian A loud, drunken party was raging nearby.
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drunken
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Translations
بِسَبَب السُّكْرسَكْران، ثَمِل
opileckýopilýzpůsobený opilostí
berusetfuldfuldemands-
ittas állapotban
drukkinnölvunar-, áfengis-
sarhoşsarhoşluğun verdiği
drunken
[ˈdrʌŋkən] ADJ1. (= intoxicated) [person] → borracho; [brawl, orgy] → de borrachos; [night, evening] → de borrachera; [violence] → provocado por el alcohol; [voice] → de borracho, de cazallero
a drunken old man → un viejo borracho
her drunken husband → el borracho de su marido
drunken driving → conducir or (LAm) manejar en estado de embriaguez
a drunken party → una juerga
in a drunken rage → en un ataque de furia provocado por el alcohol
in a drunken state → borracho
in a drunken stupor → flotando en los vapores del alcohol
a drunken old man → un viejo borracho
her drunken husband → el borracho de su marido
drunken driving → conducir or (LAm) manejar en estado de embriaguez
a drunken party → una juerga
in a drunken rage → en un ataque de furia provocado por el alcohol
in a drunken state → borracho
in a drunken stupor → flotando en los vapores del alcohol
2. (fig) (= crooked) at a drunken angle → torcido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
drunken
[ˈdrʌŋkən] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
drunken
adj person → betrunken; (habitually) → versoffen (inf); state, voice → betrunken; night, evening, party → feuchtfröhlich; a drunken man → ein Betrunkener; drunken violence → Gewalttätigkeiten pl → unter Alkoholeinfluss; a drunken brawl → eine Schlägerei zwischen Betrunkenen; a drunken argument → ein Streit m → im Suff (inf); in a drunken rage or fury → in einem Wutanfall im Vollrausch; in a drunken stupor → im Vollrausch, sinnlos betrunken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
drunken
[ˈdrʌŋk/ən] adj (intoxicated) → ubriaco/a; (habitually) → alcolizzato/a; (brawl, orgy) → di ubriachi; (rage) → provocato/a dall'alcol; (voice) → da ubriacodrunken driving → guida in stato di ebbrezza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
drunk
(draŋk) verbsee drink.
adjective overcome by having too much alcohol. A drunk man fell off the bus; drunk with success.
noun a drunk person, especially one who is often drunk.
ˈdrunkard (-kəd) noun a person who is often drunk. I'm afraid he's turning into a drunkard.
ˈdrunken adjective1. drunk. drunken soldiers.
2. caused by being drunk. a drunken sleep.
drunken ˈdriving noun (also drunk driving) driving under the influence of alcohol.
ˈdrunkenness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.