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drunkish

drunkish adjective: somewhat drunk.

Adjective

drunkish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat drunk.
    • […] every evening he comes precisely at a certain hour to drink beer, seasoned with a little tobacco, and the company of these two women. Drinks diligently in a sipping way, says Horace; and smokes, with such dull speech as there may be,—not till he is drunk, but only perceptibly drunkish; raised...1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Frederick the Great, Volume 5, Book 5, Chapter 1
    • There was more laughter—and Gerald was leading them along very ably: they were drunkish and amenable, even gullible, since making a speech was a kind of trick.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    buzzed, tipsy, drunk

Synonyms of drunkish

Origin of drunkish

From drunk + -ish.

Questions about drunkish

What does drunkish mean?
Drunkish means somewhat drunk.
What part of speech is drunkish?
Drunkish is an adjective.

Words near drunkish in the dictionary

  1. drunkerds
  2. drunkery
  3. drunkest
  4. drunkie
  5. drunkies
  6. drunkish
  7. drunkle
  8. drunkles
  9. drunklike
  10. drunkly
  11. drunkness

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