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drunk

Adjective CEFR A2 Common
dɹʌŋk

Definitions

  1. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
  2. past participle of tomar
  3. Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
  4. Elated or emboldened.
  5. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

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Examples

“So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart.”
“"What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!"”
Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.”
drunk with recent prosperity
“I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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