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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Super Micro’s name and logo were plastered over the exhibition floor at Nvidia’s tech conference this past week in San Jose, Calif., where Huang touted a forecast of $1 trillion in chip sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
A large British contingent descended on Livigno Snow Park on Sunday to watch Bankes and Nightingale, with huge union jacks plastered with their images pinned to the front of the fan zone.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
The sandfly commonly shelters in cracks in poorly plastered mud houses, anthills and soil fissures, multiplying during the rainy season after prolonged drought.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Through the exhibit, the building is allowed to show its skin: Walls are plastered but unpainted, and the basement is stuffed with bric-a-brac accumulated during its long, colorful history.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
I wonder if his face hurts because the same smile has been plastered on it since this morning.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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