zonked
Americanadjective
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stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high.
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exhausted or asleep.
adjective
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highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
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utterly exhausted
Etymology
Origin of zonked
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t schedule any dinners that first week back and goes to bed at 5 p.m., if he is zonked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
He said that by early evening, they were "zonked, but it's lovely".
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
“I had the exact same problem as Juliet,” Hunt says, “but I was so zonked at the time, I just took the easy route for a while and reverted to purees and spoon-feeding.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2019
Ms. Engstrom is flat-out hilarious as a surreal housewife with a past, who’s far too zonked to play the femme fatale anymore.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2017
For the first couple of days, we were so zonked by jet lag it felt as if we were moving at half speed.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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