'Drunken' definitions:

Definition of 'drunken'

From: WordNet
adjective
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior" [syn: bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish]

Definition of 'Drunken'

From: GCIDE
  • Drunken \Drunk"en\, a. [AS. druncen, prop., that has drunk, p. p. of drincan, taken as active. See Drink, v. i., and cf. Drunk.]
  • 1. Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated. [1913 Webster]
  • Drunken men imagine everything turneth round. -- Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched. [1913 Webster]
  • Let the earth be drunken with our blood. -- Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication. [1913 Webster]
  • The drunken quarrels of a rake. -- Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drunken'

From: GCIDE
  • Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]
  • 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring. [1913 Webster]
  • Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. --Luke xvii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the ?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34. [1913 Webster]
  • Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. [1913 Webster]
  • I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'drunken'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Drunken'