Webster's English Dictionary

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drunk

1. drunk \'dr*nk\ aj [ME drunke, alter. of drunken] 1: having the faculties 
   impaired by alcohol  2: dominated by some feeling as if by alcohol  3: of, 
   relating to, or caused by intoxication TIPSY, TIGHT mean considerably 
   affected by alcohol. DRUNK is the simple, inclusive term, used 
   predicatively and implying neither censure nor apology; DRUNKEN, used 
   attributively, is also a plain term but may suggest habitual excessive 
   drinking; INTOXICATED and INEBRIATED both offer a way of avoiding the blunt 
   effect of DRUNK, INTOXICATED being often applied to one who is slightly 
   drunk, INEBRIATED suggesting the hilarious or noisy phases of insobriety; 
   TIPSY and TIGHT are likely to apply to one infrequently or unexpectedly 
   affected and stress the comic rather than offensive aspects of drunkenness 
   SYN syn DRUNK, DRUNKEN, INTOXICATED, INEBRIATED,  
2. drunk n 1: a period of excessive drinking  2: DRUNKARD