drunk
/dɹʌŋk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.61 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
adj
Elated or emboldened.
adv
While drunk.
noun
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
noun
A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
Example Sentences
- "So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart."
- ""What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!""
- "Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle."
- "drunk with recent prosperity"
- "I will make mine arrows drunk with blood."
- "He was arrested for driving drunk."
Etymology
From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
drunker (comparative)
drunkest (superlative)
more drunk (comparative)
most drunk (superlative)
drunks (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
shake a cloth in the wind
be the worse for drink
hang one on
tie one on
under the influence
Like having endured violence
Impaired
askew