sloshed
Definition
- Adjective:
- Very drunk: Intoxicated to a significant degree, typically from consuming alcohol. This is an informal, often humorous term.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After five pints, he was completely sloshed.
- They got sloshed at the office party and had to call a taxi.
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in informal, conversational contexts. It often carries a connotation of being cheerfully or messily drunk rather than dangerously intoxicated.
- It can be used predictively (e.g., ) and attributively (e.g., ), though the predicative use is more common.
Variants and Related Words
- Slosh (verb): To move liquid around in a container with a splashing sound. This is the root verb from which the adjective 'sloshed' is derived, metaphorically suggesting the internal feeling of alcohol sloshing around.
- Sloshy (adjective): Descriptive of something wet or splashed with liquid.
Synonyms
- Intoxicated: A more formal term for being under the influence of alcohol.
- Inebriated: A formal or technical term for drunk.
- Plastered: Informal synonym meaning very drunk.
- Wasted: Informal slang for extremely intoxicated.
- Hammered: Informal slang for very drunk.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- While 'sloshed' itself is not typically part of a larger idiom, it is used in the same contexts as phrases like:
- Three sheets to the wind: An idiom meaning very drunk.
- Under the influence: A formal phrase for being affected by alcohol or drugs.
Adjective
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very drunk
