a drunken stupor

  • 1stupor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alcoholic, dazed, drug induced, drunken ▪ He fell into an alcoholic stupor. VERB + STUPOR ▪ drink yourself into, fall …

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  • 2stupor — n. 1) to fall into a stupor 2) a drunken stupor * * * [ stjuːpə] a drunken stupor to fall into a stupor …

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  • 3stupor — noun (C, U) a state in which you cannot think, speak, see or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs: drunken stupor: We found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a drunken stupor …

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  • 4Drunken Bakers — The Drunken Bakers are characters in the British adult humour magazine Viz created by Barney Farmer and Lee Healey. The two bakers run a bakery together. Their names have never been mentioned; one has sparse black hair, the other has a bulbous… …

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  • 5drunken — [[t]drʌ̱ŋkən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Drunken is used to describe events and situations that involve people who are drunk. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor... He hit her with a frying pan during a drunken brawl. 2) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n… …

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  • 6stupor — [[t]stju͟ːpə(r), AM stu͟ː [/t]] stupors N COUNT: usu sing, oft in/into a N Someone who is in a stupor is almost unconscious and is unable to act or think normally, especially as a result of drink or drugs. He fell back onto the sofa in a drunken… …

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  • 7drunken — drunk|en [ˈdrʌŋkən] adj [only before noun] 1.) drunk or showing that you are drunk ▪ McBride was a drunken bully. ▪ She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. 2.) drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party …

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  • 8drunken — drunk·en drəŋ kən adj 1) DRUNK (1) <a drunken driver> 2 a) given to habitual excessive use of alcohol b) of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication <drunken parties> c) resulting from or as if from intoxication <a drunken… …

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  • 9drunken — adjective (only before noun) 1 drunk or showing that you are drunk: drunken shouting | be in a drunken stupor (=almost asleep because you are so drunk) 2 drunken party/orgy etc a party etc where people are drunk drunkenly adverb drunkenness noun… …

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  • 10stupor — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from stupēre Date: 14th century 1. a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility < a drunken stupor > 2. a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or&#8230; …

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