drunken
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drunken¹
- /ˈdɹʌŋkən/
Rhymes with -ʌŋkən
Where it comes from
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”).
verb
- past participle of drink
adjective more drunken · most drunken
- Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage. What shall we do with a drunken sailor? […] / Put him in the longboat and make him bail her / Early in the morning.
- Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
- Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness. a drunken display of crude exuberance
- Saturated with liquid.
- Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine. drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice
Similar: drunk
drunken²
- /ˈdɹʌŋkən/
Rhymes with -ʌŋkən
Where it comes from
From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (“to drown; get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanōną (“to get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunk; intoxicated”). Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.
verb drunkens · drunkening · drunkened
- To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate. Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inebriated, intoxicated, drunk, boozy, sottish, bibulous, drunkard, alcoholic, drinker, pissed, stuffed, shit-faced, impaired, fool, idiot, silly
adjective
Similar: drunk
Translations
Every language
adj In the state of alcoholic intoxication
| Español | borracho, ebrio, escabio, escabiado |
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| 日本語 | 酔っ払い yopparai, 酔っ払う yopparau, 酔い yoi, 酔う you |
| हिन्दी | मदिर madir |
| Português | bêbado |
| Français | ivre, saoul |
| Deutsch | betrunken, trunken |
| Italiano | ubriaco, ebbro |
| Română | beat, băut, îmbătat |
| Русский | пья́ный pʹjányj |
adj given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
| Español | escabiador |
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adj characterized by or resulting from drunkenness
| Español | escabio |
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verb (ambitransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.
| Español | emborrachar, embeodar |
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title = {drunken},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
