sad drunk

noun

A person who is gloomy or depressed when intoxicated, unable to retain reasonable control of their mental and emotional faculties.

Opposite
good drunkhappy drunk
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Meanings

nounsad drunk (plural sad drunks)

plural sad drunks

  1. idiomaticA person who is gloomy or depressed when intoxicated, unable to retain reasonable control of their mental and emotional faculties.

    It was worse drunk than sober. Winnie was a sad drunk, a dark drunk; she thought of bad things when there was alcohol in her.

    2020, Tarryn Fisher, chapter 19, in The Wrong Family, Graydon House Books, page 119
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    What the hell is happening to me? They are looking at me like I’m drunk, but I’m either a mean drunk or a sad drunk, never a happy drunk. A happy Red Kane is impossible.

    1987, Andrew M. Greeley, chapter 2, in Patience of a Saint, Warner Books, page 16

    Mary sighed inwardly. She hadn’t known she was a sad drunk, until now. Maybe the horrible day was catching up with her. “Natalia, can I get more champagne?”

    2016, Lisa Scottoline, chapter 11, in Damaged, St. Martin's Press, page 137

    Antonyms: good drunk, happy drunk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who is gloomy or depressed when intoxicated, unable to retain reasonable control of their mental and emotional faculties.

Opposite
good drunkhappy drunk
Cite this entry
APA

sad drunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sad%20drunk

MLA

“sad drunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sad%20drunk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sad drunk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sad%20drunk.

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