half-drunk

American  

[haf-druhngk] / ˈhæfˈdrʌŋk /

adjective

1. partly inebriated; partly drunk with alcohol.

2. (of a drink or its container) partly consumed or emptied by drinking.

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half-drunk British  

adjective

1. partially intoxicated with alcohol

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Other Word Forms

• half-drunken
  adjective
• half-drunkenly
  adverb

Example Sentences

A half-drunk cup of coffee was found sitting on the helm, and Kawahara’s oatmeal was left unfinished, as if the experienced fisherman suddenly disappeared in the middle of breakfast, said Heather Burns, a longtime friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

"You'd walk into an office, there would be a coffee cup half-drunk, a doughnut with a bite taken out of it," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2023

She was in the lounge room of the spa at the Mandarin Oriental, New York, wearing a towel wrapped around her head and a terry robe, a half-drunk mimosa in one hand.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2015

"The ice on her half-drunk glass of tea grows thicker."

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2011

Mom refills my half-drunk glass back to the absolute brim.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman