The drunken man awoke to find himself in prison.
Source: tatoeba (45977)
Drunken
//ˈdɹʌŋkən//
Synonyms for "drunken" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Adjective(14 words)
far gonefar-goneflusteredfoufullgaygiddygiven to drinkglorioushappyin liquorinebriateinebriatedinebriousintemperateintoxicateintoxicatedjollylightheadedmaudlin
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (60)
merrymuddlednappyreelingshikkersoddensottedsottishstewedstinkingswillingswimmingtiddlytighttipplingtipsytopingturned aroundunder the influencevertiginous
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Adjective(37 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
form of
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μέθυσος adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Bashkir
1 entries- иҫерек adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пиян adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- пиянски adj (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol)
- пиянски adj (characterized by or resulting from drunkenness)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏴᏍᏕᏓ adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Czech
1 entries- opilý adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Danish
2 entries- beruset adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- fuld adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Dutch
3 entries- beschonken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- dronken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- zat adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Esperanto
1 entries- ebria adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Finnish
4 entries- humalainen adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- humalainen adj (characterized by or resulting from drunkenness)
- juopotteleva adj (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol)
- juopunut adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
French
2 entries- ivre adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- saoul adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Friulian
1 entries- bevût adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Georgian
3 entries- დამთვრალი adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- მთვრალი adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- ნასვამი adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
German
2 entries- betrunken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- trunken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Hindi
1 entries- मदिर adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Hungarian
2 entries- ittas adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- részeg adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Indonesian
1 entries- mabuk adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Irish
1 entries- meisciúil adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Italian
2 entries- ebbro adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- ubriaco adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Japanese
4 entries- 酔い adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- 酔う adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- 酔っ払い adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- 酔っ払う adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Latin
2 entries- tēmulentus adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- ēbrius adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Low German
1 entries- bedrunken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Macedonian
1 entries- пијан adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Manx
1 entries- meshtoil adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Māori
2 entries- haurangi adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- porohaurangi adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سرخوش adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Persian
1 entries- سرخوش adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bedrunken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Portuguese
1 entries- bêbado adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Romanian
3 entries- beat adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- băut adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- îmbătat adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Russian
1 entries- пья́ный adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Sanskrit
2 entries- प्रमत्त adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- मत्त adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Spanish
4 entries- borracho adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- ebrio adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- escabiado adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- escabiador adj (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol)
Swedish
2 entries- drucken adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- full adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Turkish
4 entries- esrik adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- içkili adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- küplü adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
- sarhoş adj (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The drunken man couldn't walk straight.
Source: tatoeba (45978)
The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
Source: tatoeba (47083)
The policeman arrested him for drunken driving.
Source: tatoeba (48464)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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