DRUNKEN

[adjective] [before noun] [disapproving]Drunken means (often) under the influence of alcohol.She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly violent husband.Just before midnight, the square filled up with drunken revellers.(informal) At the start of the film, he's just another drunken bum asking for money in the street. [before noun](disapproving) Drunken can describe a situation in which a lot of alcohol has been drunk.There was a drunken brawl (= fight) outside the nightclub as we were leaving.He came home and fell into a drunken stupor (= sleep) in the lounge.(US legal) She was charged with drunken driving (= operating a vehicle after having more alcohol than is legally allowed).