drunken
adjective
drunk·en ˈdrəŋ-kən 
1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
obsolete : saturated with liquid
3
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
they come from … broken homes, drunken homes
P. B. Gilliam
P. B. Gilliam c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken brawl
4
: unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication
drunkenly adverb
drunkenness
ˈdrəŋ-kən-nəs
noun 
Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve. He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother. He fell into a drunken stupor. A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.
Recent Examples on the Web John Flynn, 59, address unknown, was arrested and accused of drunken driving after a three-car personal injury accident July 11 in the 17100 block of Harlem Avenue, police said. Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Diaz was taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the collision and later arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 The calls also provide additional context into what the neighbors, in Silt, said amounted to excessive speeding, property damage, possible drunken driving and threats made from a man whose family openly and regularly carries their firearms. al, 14 Aug. 2022 The autopsy revealed his blood alcohol level to be above 0.08%, the level at which a person can be convicted of drunken driving in Michigan. Lyoya fled the scene, and Schurr chased after him on foot. Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022 State police said the car was doing 76 to 90 mph; the driver, Dean Robert of Weston, was charged with drunken driving, second-degree manslaughter and reckless driving. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2022 Some say that a drunken gatekeeper didn’t pay close enough attention to the dykes, leading the area to overflow and cover the kingdom with water. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Aug. 2022 In the past, Villanueva has downplayed the issue, saying problems associated with the groups are often the result of drunken deputies getting into fights. Alene Tchekmedyianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 The project would be funded by $38,980 of insurance for damage from the drunken driving incident, a $5,000 parks grant from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Mutual Insurance and $6,590 from park impact fees. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 See More
Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Diaz was taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the collision and later arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 The calls also provide additional context into what the neighbors, in Silt, said amounted to excessive speeding, property damage, possible drunken driving and threats made from a man whose family openly and regularly carries their firearms. al, 14 Aug. 2022 The autopsy revealed his blood alcohol level to be above 0.08%, the level at which a person can be convicted of drunken driving in Michigan. Lyoya fled the scene, and Schurr chased after him on foot. Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022 State police said the car was doing 76 to 90 mph; the driver, Dean Robert of Weston, was charged with drunken driving, second-degree manslaughter and reckless driving. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2022 Some say that a drunken gatekeeper didn’t pay close enough attention to the dykes, leading the area to overflow and cover the kingdom with water. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Aug. 2022 In the past, Villanueva has downplayed the issue, saying problems associated with the groups are often the result of drunken deputies getting into fights. Alene Tchekmedyianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 The project would be funded by $38,980 of insurance for damage from the drunken driving incident, a $5,000 parks grant from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Mutual Insurance and $6,590 from park impact fees. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English druncen, from past participle of drincan to drink
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing drunken
Kids Definition
drunken
adjective
drunk·en ˈdrəŋ-kən
1
: drunk entry 2 sense 1
2
: resulting from being drunk
a drunken sleep
Medical Definition
drunken
adjective
drunk·en ˈdrəŋ-kən
1
: drunk sense 1
a drunken driver
2
a
: given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
b
: of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication
drunken parties
c
: resulting from or as if from intoxication
a drunken stupor
drunkenness
noun
1
as in alcoholism
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants unfortunately most of his time in college had been devoted to drunkenness and debauchery Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- alcoholism
- intemperance
- insobriety
- intoxication
- inebriety
- dissoluteness
- dipsomania
- intemperateness
- debauchery
- bibulousness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- temperance
- sobriety
- abstinence
- teetotalism
- abstention
2
as in inebriation
the condition of being drunk officials warning that public drunkenness would not be tolerated, even during Mardi Gras Synonyms & Similar Words
- alcoholism
- inebriation
- intoxication
- inebriety
- intemperance
- tipsiness
- bender
- insobriety
- brannigan
- toot
- souse
- spree
- binge
- jag