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drunken

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verb/ˈdɹʌŋkən/
  1. 1

    past participle of drinkarchaicform-ofparticiple

adj/ˈdɹʌŋkən/
  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.derogatory

  3. 3

    Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.

    • a drunken display of crude exuberance
  4. 4

    Saturated with liquid.obsolete

  5. 5

    Saturated with liquid.; Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.obsolete

    • drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice

syn. drunk

verb/ˈdɹʌŋkən/
  1. 1

    To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.ambitransitive

    • Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!
    • The dreamy coloring of the land is just too drunkening.

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