Definition

Adjective: * Very drunk: Extremely intoxicated or inebriated from consuming alcohol.

Usage

The adjective "pie-eyed" is an informal, somewhat humorous term used to describe a state of severe drunkenness. It is not used in formal writing or speech.

Examples

• After the office party, he was completely pie-eyed and couldn't find his keys.
• They stumbled out of the bar, pie-eyed and laughing loudly.
• I've never seen him so pie-eyed; he could barely stand up.

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a visible, comical state of intoxication, with eyes wide, unfocused, or glassy (like the eyes of a pie, which is an old slang term for eye).
• It can be used predicatively (after a linking verb like , , ) or attributively (before a noun).

Variants and Related Words

• Pie-eyed is a fixed compound adjective. There are no standard verb or noun forms.
• Pie (slang, archaic): An eye.

Synonyms

• Intoxicated: The more formal, clinical term for being under the influence of alcohol.
• Inebriated: A formal synonym for drunk.
• Wasted (slang): Very drunk.
• Plastered (slang): Very drunk.
• Sloshed (slang): Drunk.

Idioms and Related Phrases

• To be pie-eyed: The standard idiomatic phrase to describe the state.
  • He was pie-eyed by midnight.

Adjective

1. very drunk