drown one's sorrows

verb

To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

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Meanings

verbdrown one's sorrows (third-person singular simple present drowns one's sorrows, present participle drowning one's sorrows, simple past and past participle drowned one's sorrows)

present singular third person drowns one's sorrows · participle present drowning one's sorrows · participle past drowned one's sorrows · past drowned one's sorrows

  1. To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 借酒澆愁 /借酒浇愁
  • 借酒澆愁 /借酒浇愁 (jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu)to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Dutch zorgen verdrinken
  • zorgen verdrinkento drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Finnish juoda suruun
  • juoda suruunto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
French noyer son chagrin
  • noyer son chagrinto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Hebrew הִטְבִּיעַ אֶת יְגוֹנוֹ
  • הִטְבִּיעַ אֶת יְגוֹנוֹ (hitbía' et y'gonó)to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Hungarian alkoholba fojtja a bánatát
  • alkoholba fojtja a bánatátto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Icelandic drekkja sorgum sínum
  • drekkja sorgum sínumto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Italian annegare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcol
  • annegare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcolto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Polish topić smutki
  • topić smutkito drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Portuguese afogar as mágoas
  • afogar as mágoasto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Russian зали́ть го́ре, зали́ть тоску́
  • зали́ть го́ре (zalítʹ góre)to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
  • зали́ть тоску́ (zalítʹ toskú)to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Spanish ahogar las penas
  • ahogar las penasto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Swedish dränka sina sorger
  • dränka sina sorgerto drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings
Cite this entry
APA

drown one's sorrows. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drown%20one's%20sorrows

MLA

“drown one's sorrows.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drown%20one's%20sorrows. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drown one's sorrows,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drown%20one's%20sorrows.

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