drunk

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɹʌŋk/ See IPA manual

Freq #946

Meanings

1

adj
Affected by drinking too much alcohol, so you cannot think or act normally.

He got drunk at the party and could barely stand.
2

noun
A person who is drunk or who often drinks too much alcohol.

A drunk was shouting in the street outside the bar.
3

adv
While in a drunken state.

He was arrested for driving drunk.
4

adj
So excited by something, such as power or success, that you lose self-control.

Drunk with power, the new leader fired half the staff.

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Synonyms

1 adj · affected by drinking too... tipsy buzzed

2 noun · a person who is drunk or... drinker alcoholic boozer

More adriparseholedbedrunkenbefuddledbeliquoredbesottedbesottenbevviedbibaciousbibulousbingoedbinned

Opposites

abstemious clean clearheaded sober teetotal

Word family

Forms drunkerdrunkestdrunks

Derived forms cock-drunkcrunkcumdrunkdrunchiesdrungrydrunk-drivingdrunkaloguedrunkard drunken drunkennessdrunkerydrunkie

Related forms alcoholic askew broken drunkard drunkenness impairedincapacitatedspancelled

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Proverbs (1)

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Friends don't let friends drive drunk

Simplified etymology

Drunk comes from the past-tense form of drink.

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

drunke Middle English druncen Old English *drunkanaz Proto-Germanic *drinkaną Proto-Germanic

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# drunk

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun, adv
**IPA (US):** /dɹʌŋk/
**Frequency rank:** 946

## Meanings
1. Affected by drinking too much alcohol, so you cannot think or act normally.
2. A person who is drunk or who often drinks too much alcohol.
3. While in a drunken state.
4. So excited by something, such as power or success, that you lose self-control.

## Examples
- He got drunk at the party and could barely stand.
- A drunk was shouting in the street outside the bar.
- He was arrested for driving drunk.
- Drunk with power, the new leader fired half the staff.

## Synonyms
- adrip
- arseholed
- bedrunken
- befuddled
- beliquored
- besotted
- besotten
- bevvied
- bibacious
- bibulous
- bingoed
- binned

## Antonyms
- abstemious
- clean
- clearheaded
- sober
- teetotal

## Derived Forms
- cock-drunk
- crunk
- cumdrunk
- drunchies
- drungry
- drunk-driving
- drunkalogue
- drunkard
- drunken
- drunkenness
- drunkery
- drunkie

## Related Forms
- alcoholic
- askew
- broken
- drunkard
- drunkenness
- impaired
- incapacitated
- spancelled

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: drunke
- Root: druncen
- Root: *drunkanaz
- Root: *drinkaną

## Etymology
From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

## AI Etymology
Drunk comes from Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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