Meanings
comparative more sozzled · superlative most sozzled
- UKslangVery 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 22Synonyms: pickled, sloshed. See also: Thesaurus:drunk
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of sozzle
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery drunk.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivevery drunk
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