drunk: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with D · ends with K
Meaning of drunk
adj
Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- derogatory
Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- usually
Elated or emboldened.
Example: Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Listed forms: drunker, drunkest.
Source: Wiktionary — drunk.
adv
While drunk.
Example: He was arrested for driving drunk.
Source: Wiktionary — drunk.
noun
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
A person whose behaviour when drunk tends to be of a specified kind.
Example: He's a talkative drunk; three beers in and he's chattering away about everything.
A drinking bout; a period of drunkenness.
Listed forms: drunks.
Source: Wiktionary — drunk.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for drunk.
adjective
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
adjective
as if under the influence of alcohol
noun
a chronic drinker
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is drunk in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of drunk
D(2) + R(1) + U(1) + N(1) + K(5) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of drunk
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from drunk
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