drunken
/ˈdɹʌŋkən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
adj
Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
verb
To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.
Example Sentences
- "What shall we do with a drunken sailor? […] / Put him in the longboat and make him bail her / Early in the morning."
- "I ask now to put faces to those names and remove all doubt that the songs I've heard sung in your honor were not a drunken bard's attempt to make a few extra coins. This mission is dire and the reward shall fit you well.[…]"
- "a drunken display of crude exuberance"
- "Surviving pictures of the accident show the two locomotives leaning at drunken angles, still covered with flags and evergreens—a mixture of comedy and tragedy."
- "drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice"
- "Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!"
Etymology
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: drunken, druncen, *drunkanaz, *drinkaną, dronknen, druncnian
Usage
Inflected Forms
more drunken (comparative)
most drunken (superlative)
drunkens (present, singular)
drunkening (participle, present)
drunkened (participle, past)
drunkened (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
drunken boxing
drunken chicken
drunken driving
drunken forest
Drunken Knight Opening
drunken noodles
drunken shrimp
drunken trees