sozzled

adj

sozzled

adj

UK /ˈsɒzl̩d/

1

UK, Slang Very drunk.

  • I heard heavy breathing. A cork left its bottle with a pop. A pause. Then a voice remarked: "Gin, blast it! T'hell with gin!" There followed a shattering crash. The voice gave a sozzled chuckle. "Thash th'mirror. Wash good of mirrors anyway?" Another cork popped.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 22:
Synonyms
pickled, sloshed. See also: Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
unsozzled

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