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单词 strung out
释义

strung out

adjective

1
: physically debilitated (as from long-term drug addiction)
2
: addicted to a drug
3
: intoxicated or stupefied from drug use

Synonyms

  • blasted [slang]
  • blitzed [slang]
  • bombed
  • high
  • hopped-up
  • loaded [slang]
  • ripped [slang]
  • spaced-out
  • spaced
  • stoned
  • wasted [slang]
  • wiped out [slang]
  • zonked
  • zonked-out
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Example Sentences

stars strung out across the galaxy she seems to have been strung out for most of the 1960s
Recent Examples on the Web While the pack—or peloton—usually rides together, riders can also be strung out along the roadside. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 10 July 2022 As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine grinds on, Russian and Ukrainian troops are strung out along more than 300 miles of front. David Axe, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Residents said Russian troops seemed high on power or strung out with fear. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 Residents said Russian troops seemed high on power or strung out with fear. Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022 Samuelsen is a prominent Native leader in the Bristol Bay region who began fishing as a boy with setnets strung out from shore. Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2021 As The School for Good Mothers opens, single mom Frida Liu is strung out from working full-time while simultaneously caring for her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet. Kate Knibbs, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022 And only one broke the tape each race, with the rest strung out far around the track. Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 18 June 2019 When the Pogues were invited to open six shows for Bob Dylan in 1989, MacGowan failed to show because he was holed up in a friend’s apartment in London, strung out like a kite. Caine O'rear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1

strung out

adjective

as in loaded
being under the influence of a recreational drug she seems to have been strung out for most of the 1960s

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • loaded
  • wiped out
  • ripped
  • high
  • hooked
  • wasted
  • bombed
  • addicted
  • blasted
  • stoned
  • zonked
  • blitzed
  • spaced
  • zonked-out
  • hopped-up
  • spaced-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • straight
  • clean
  • sober
  • steady
  • temperate
  • level
  • cool
  • abstemious
  • abstinent
  • clearheaded
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