Meanings
alternative punch-drunk · alternative punchdrunk
- not comparableDizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head.
The fighter looked harmlessly punch drunk, but he was only faking and suddenly threw a vicious, skillful blow.
Synonyms: out on one's feet, slaphappy
- not comparableBehaving in a bewildered or dazed manner, especially due to repeated negative events.
We've become so accustomed to the word 'billions' over the last ten months that we've become punch drunk about just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has really cost us all.
2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in Rail, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head.
Translations
Bulgarian зашеметен
- зашеметен (zašemeten)dizzy from blows to the head
Polish skołowany
- skołowanydizzy from blows to the head
Swedish vimmelkantig, omtöcknad
- vimmelkantigdizzy from blows to the head
- omtöcknaddizzy from blows to the head
- groggydizzy from blows to the head
- dimmigdizzy from blows to the head
- boxardementdizzy from blows to the head
Cite this entry
punch drunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20drunk
“punch drunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20drunk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punch drunk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20drunk.
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