soused
/saust/
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Definition
Adjective: * Very drunk; intoxicated to an extreme degree. This word is an informal, often humorous or slightly old-fashioned term for being heavily under the influence of alcohol.
Usage
- The word soused is used as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like , , ) to describe a state of extreme drunkenness.
- It is informal and carries a connotation of being completely soaked or saturated with alcohol, much like food that is pickled.
Examples
- After the office party, he was completely soused and couldn't find his keys.
- They got soused on cheap beer and spent the night singing loudly.
- I haven't seen him that soused since his college graduation.
Advanced Usage
- "to be soused to the gills": An intensified idiom meaning extremely drunk.
- By midnight, the entire wedding party was soused to the gills.
Variants and Related Words
- Souse (verb): To make someone drunk; to plunge into liquid.
- He tried to souse his sorrows in whiskey.
- Souse (noun, archaic): A drunkard.
- The old souse stumbled out of the tavern.
Synonyms
- Inebriated (formal)
- Intoxicated (formal/clinical)
- Plastered (slang)
- Wasted (slang)
- Pickled (slang, similar imagery)
- Blotto (slang)
Related Idioms
- Drunk as a skunk: A common simile for being very drunk.
- Three sheets to the wind: An idiom meaning very drunk, originally a nautical term.