plastered
Americanadjective
adjective
Usage
What does plastered mean? Plastered is a slang adjective that means extremely drunk. Plastered is just one of the many slang synonyms for intoxicated, including bombed, blitzed, hammered, smashed, wasted, trashed, sloshed, and tanked. Such words often imply that a person is drunk beyond a point of being able to function in even the most basic ways. Someone who’s described as plastered probably can’t even walk or talk properly. In many cases, a person who’s plastered is intoxicated to the point of blacking out—losing consciousness and probably losing their memory of what happened when they were intoxicated. Example: He got so plastered that he couldn’t remember anything that happened before he woke up in his car, which he had crashed into a tree.
Etymology
Origin of plastered
Example Sentences
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They commit full-throatedly to playing out Misraje’s vision of a Hollywood haunted by the dreamers it’s wronged and the secrets it’s plastered over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Since taking office, Trump has also paved over the Rose Garden lawn at the White House and plastered the Oval Office with gold decorations.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
After his second win, that number doubled with “Kimi d’Italia” plastered across the front page.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
A seventh-generation Roman, Francesco Totti dreamed of sporting the same carmine red and gold as the heroes plastered across his childhood bedroom wall.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
I slapped the cow dung into nicely shaped cakes and plastered them to the walls, a neat handprint on each one.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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