drunken
adj.adj. describing someone who is affected by drinking too much alcohol. It is also used to describe things that happen because people are drinking, like a loud party.
adj. exhibiting the effects of alcohol consumption; intoxicated. Often used attributively before a noun to describe a person's state or the nature of an event.
The neighbors had a loud, drunken party last night.
He gave a long, drunken speech at the wedding that made everyone feel quite uncomfortable.
The novel depicts the protagonist's slow descent into a series of drunken misadventures, eventually leading to the loss of his career and his family's trust.
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”).
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.
Primarily used as an attributive adjective before a noun (e.g., 'a drunken brawl'); 'drunk' is more common as a predicative adjective after a verb (e.g., 'he is drunk').
He is very drunken.He is very drunk.In modern English, 'drunken' is usually placed before a noun, while 'drunk' is used after a linking verb like 'is' or 'became'.