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Webster 1913 Edition
Drunken
Drunk′en
,Adj.
1.
Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.
Drunken
men imagine everything turneth round. Bacon.
2.
Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.
Let the earth be
drunken
with our blood. Shakespeare
3.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.
The
drunken
quarrels of a rake. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drunken
DRUNKEN
,Adj.
1.
Intoxicated; inebriated with strong liquor.2.
Given to drunkenness; as a drunken butler.3.
Saturated with liquor or moisture; drenched.Let the earth be drunken with our blood.
4.
Proceeding from intoxication; done in a state of drunkenness; as a drunken quarrel.A drunken slaughter.
Definition 2024
Drunken
drunken
drunken
See also: Drunken
English
Verb
drunken
- Alternative past participle of drink
Adjective
drunken (comparative more drunken, superlative most drunken)
- Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
- "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."
- Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
- Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
- a drunken display of crude exuberance
- (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
- Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
- drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice
- Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
Synonyms
- drunk; see also Wikisaurus:drunk
Derived terms
- drunken noodles
- drunken shrimp
Translations
In the state of alcoholic intoxication
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given to habitual excessive use of alcohol
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characterized by or resulting from drunkenness
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Low German
Etymology
From drinken, cognate to English drunken, Dutch dronken.
Adjective
drunken (comparative drunkener, superlative drunkenst)
Declension
Positive forms of drunken
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is drunken | se is drunken | dat is drunken | se sünd drunken | |
| partitive | een Drunkens | een Drunkens | wat Drunkens | allens Drunken | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | drunken | drunken | drunken | drunken |
| oblique | drunken | drunken | drunken | drunken | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de drunken | de drunken | dat drunken | de drunken |
| oblique | den drunken | de drunken | dat drunken | de drunken | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en drunken | en drunken | en drunken | (keen) drunken |
| oblique | en drunken | en drunken | en drunken | (keen) drunken | |
Comparative forms of drunken
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is drunkener | se is drunkener | dat is drunkener | se sünd drunkener | |
| partitive | een drunkeners | een drunkeners | wat drunkeners | allens drunkener | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | drunkenere | drunkenere | drunkener | drunkenere |
| oblique | drunkenere | drunkenere | drunkener | drunkenere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de drunkenere | de drunkenere | dat drunkenere | de drunkenere |
| oblique | den drunkenern | de drunkenere | dat drunkenere | de drunkenere | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en drunkenere | en drunkenere | en drunkener | (keen) drunkener |
| oblique | en drunkenern | en drunkenere | en drunkener | (keen) drunkenere | |
Superlative forms of drunken
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is de Drunkenste | se is de Drunkenste | dat is dat Drunkenste | se sünd de Drunkenstenen | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | drunkenste | drunkenste | drunkenst | drunkenste |
| oblique | drunkensten | drunkenste | drunkenst | drunkenste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de drunkenste | de drunkenste | dat drunkenste | de drunkensten |
| oblique | den drunkensten | de drunkenste | dat drunkenste | de drunkensten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en drunkenste | en drunkenste | en drunkenst | (keen) drunkensten |
| oblique | en drunkenste | en drunkenste | en drunkenst | (keen) drunkensten | |