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spaced-out

spaced-out adjective: confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).

Adjective

spaced-out (comparative more spaced-out, superlative most spaced-out)

  1. (informal) Confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).
    • In my opinion, the drugged-out, spaced-out look on their faces is obviously because of the drugs they're taking.2006, Rich E. R. Schneeberg, Legally Drugged: Ten Nuthouse Hospital Stays to $10 Million

Forms of spaced-out

comparativemore spaced-out
superlativemost spaced-out

Questions about spaced-out

What does spaced-out mean?
Spaced-out means confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).
What part of speech is spaced-out?
Spaced-out is an adjective.

Words near spaced-out in the dictionary

  1. spacecut
  2. spacecuts
  3. spaced
  4. spaced out
  5. spaced repetition
  6. spaced-out
  7. spacedive
  8. spacedived
  9. spacedives
  10. spacediving
  11. spacedock

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