drunk as a skunk

adjective

Highly inebriated.

Similar
drunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as a lorddrunk as a piperdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as an owl
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Meanings

adjective
  1. colloquialsimileHighly inebriated.

    Synonyms: drunk as a cunt, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as a fiddler's bitch, drunk as a lord, drunk as a piper, drunk as a sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunk as an owl

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHighly inebriated.

Similar
drunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as a lorddrunk as a piperdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as an owldrunk as Chloedrunk as David's sowfull as a googpissed as a fartpissed as a newttight as a tick
Also see
drunk as a boiled owldrunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as a lorddrunk as an owldrunk as a piperdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as chloedrunk as david's sow

Origin

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

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Translations

Danish fuld som en allike
  • fuld som en allikeTranslations
Finnish kännissä kuin käki, umpikännissä
  • kännissä kuin käkiTranslations
  • umpikännissäTranslations
French bourré comme un coing, plein comme une huître
  • bourré comme un coingTranslations
  • plein comme une huîtreTranslations
  • plein comme un œufTranslations
Polish pijany jak świnia, pijany jak bela
  • pijany jak świniaTranslations
  • pijany jak belaTranslations
  • zalany w trupaTranslations
  • nawalony jak MesserschmittTranslations
  • pijany w pieńTranslations
  • pijany jak szewcTranslations
  • nawalony jak stodołaTranslations
  • nawalony jak autobusTranslations
Portuguese bêbado como um gambá
  • bêbado como um gambáTranslations
Spanish como una cuba, borracho como una cuba
  • como una cubaTranslations
  • borracho como una cubaTranslations
Swedish full som en alika, full som en kastrull
  • full som en alikaTranslations
  • full som en kastrullTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

drunk as a skunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk

MLA

“drunk as a skunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drunk as a skunk,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk.

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