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