Meaning & use
drunk
Affected by alcohol to the point of impaired physical and mental control.
See it in a sentence
He was too drunk to drive himself home safely after the party.
The drunk sailors stumbled back to the ship, singing loudly the whole way.
A note on using this word
Drunk is the everyday word for alcohol intoxication; intoxicated and inebriated are more formal alternatives used in legal or medical contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
intoxicatedinebriated
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