sozzled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sozzled
First recorded in 1875–80; dialectal sozzle “confused state, sloppy person” (earlier sossle; akin to souse 1 ) + -ed 3; cf. soused
Example Sentences
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There’s no question whose side “Mank” is on, especially since Oldman invests the man with such rumpled grace, sozzled wit and bittersweet feeling.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2020
He’s like a sozzled uncle at a wedding who thinks he’s a great comedian.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2019
The cryopreserved hero, a twentieth-century pizza guy named Fry, was the lieutenant and love-struck admirer of an interplanetary delivery pilot; his sidekick was a sozzled and cynical robot.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2018
His voice sounds like a sozzled toddler on a bungee cord.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2016
All I could do was to stammer and splutter like a bass viol tuning up, while I sozzled around in my chair trying to break in with something that would count.
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
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