drunken
Adjective Satellite
- given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
- "a drunken binge"
- "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"
Verb
- past participle of drink
- To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.
Adj
- Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
- Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
- Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
- Saturated with liquid
- Saturated with liquid
- Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
Adjective
- Intoxicated by alcohol; also, caused by or characterized by drunkenness.
Examples
- a drunken display of crude exuberance
- drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice
- His DRUNKEN word choices often resulted in hilarious, albeit low-scoring, Scrabble plays.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).
Scrabble Score: 12
drunken: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddrunken: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drunken: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
drunken: valid Words With Friends Word