plastered

American  

[plas-terd, plah-sterd] / ˈplæs tərd, ˈplɑ stərd /

adjective

Slang.

1. drunk.

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plastered British  

/ ˈplɑːstəd /

adjective

1. slang intoxicated; drunk

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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

First recorded in 1910–15; plaster + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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

A few months later, he found degrading posters of his head on a child’s body shoved inside his uniform pockets and gun holster and plastered over the station walls, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

She long dreamed of becoming an astronaut, she has said, noting the poster of the iconic "Earthrise" image plastered to the wall of her childhood bedroom.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Elsewhere, students plastered school walls with photographs of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

I was plastered with icing and covered with crumbs.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck