drunken
[adjective]
Synonyms: intoxicated, boozy, drunk, inebriated, oiled, pie-eyed, spiflicated, stewed, tight, tipsy

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English Thesaurus: drunk, tipsy/merry, pissed, intoxicated, paralytic/legless, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

drunk‧en /ˈdrʌŋkən/ adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: noun: drink, drinker, drinking, drunk, drunkenness; adjective: drunk, drunken; verb: drink; adverb: drunkenly]

1. drunk or showing that you are drunk:
He was a drunken bully.
She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk.

2. drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party etc where people are drunk:
Tom got into a drunken brawl (=fight) in a bar.
—drunkenly adverb
—drunkenness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

drunken
adjective
BAD: The man was obviously drunken.
GOOD: The man was obviously drunk.
BAD: One of the two drunken men shouted at me.
GOOD: One of the two drunks shouted at me.

Usage Note:
Drunken is rarely used to describe a person. It usually describes an action or event: 'drunken driving', 'drunken laughter', 'a drunken brawl', 'a drunken orgy'. The exception is 'drunken drivers' (usually drunk drivers in AmE). Drunken always comes before a noun.
To describe a person, use drunk (NOT drunken ): 'I think he wanted to get us all drunk.' 'One of the students was always getting drunk.' Drunk is not used before a noun.
When you mean 'a person who is drunk', use a drunk : 'A couple of drunks were causing a disturbance.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected:
Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night.
I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting.
drunk driving
The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.
tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk:
After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite:
Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.
intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk:
He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk:
Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless.
They became totally paralytic and abusive.
drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk:
A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door.
We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk).

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