drunken

Meaning

Verb

past participle of drink

Adj

1. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
2. (derogatory) Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
3. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
4. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
5. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid

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drink

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

drunk

intoxicated

tipsy

boozy

inebriate

inebriated

intemperate

tight

crapulous

trashed

canned

juiced

bibulous

out of it

groggy

plastered

smashed

tipsi

sottish

soused

sauced

sloshed

sozzled

tanked

tiddly

warp

warpage

wasted

zonked

half-seas-over

in one’s cups

Oliver

pissed as a newt

three sheets to the wind

tired and emotional

ebrious

well-oiled

Oliver Twist

elephant’s trunk

bladdered

mullered

ratted

shitfaced

tight as a tick

befitting a drunkard

nazy

ginned

garrulous person

fou

oblique setting

Translations

ivre

soûl

ebbro

ebrio

ubriaco

betrunken

dronken

borracho

trunken

beschonken

zat

besoffen

μεθυσμένος

sarhoş

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹʌŋkən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: drunken

Inherited from Old English: druncen

Cognate with Western Frisian: dronken

Cognate with Dutch: dronken

Cognate with German: betrunken

Cognate with Swedish: drucken

Inherited from Middle English: dronknen

Inherited from Old English: druncnian

Cognate with Norwegian: drukne

Cognate with Icelandic: drukna

In summary

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”).