drunken
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).
Verb
drunken
- (archaic) 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 Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (“to drown; get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanōną (“to get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunk; intoxicated”). Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.
Verb
drunken (third-person singular simple present drunkens, present participle drunkening, simple past and past participle drunkened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate
- 1917, Patience Worth, The Sorry Tale, page 153:
- Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!
- 1985, Kay Dreyfus, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Farthest North of Humanness: Letters, page 31:
- The dreamy coloring of the land is just too drunkening.
- 2011, William Peters, Good Morning my Beloved Family, page 31:
- Dogma drunkens the Spirit, and while we indulge in our stupor, it robs us of our innate Spiritually Divine and Creative acuity . . . Love alone provides us with the much needed restorative properties of redemption.
Low German
Etymology
From drinken, cognate to English drunken, Dutch dronken.
Adjective
drunken (comparative drunkener, superlative drunkenst)
Declension
gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Synonyms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ʌŋkən
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms suffixed with -en
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English terms with archaic senses
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives ending in -en
- English irregular past participles
- en:Alcoholism
- en:Drinking
- Low German lemmas
- Low German adjectives