stoned

[stohnd]

adjective

Slang.

1. intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes followed byout ).

   to be stoned out on pot.

2. drunk.

stoned

/ stəʊnd /

adjective

1. slang,  under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Other Word Forms

• unstoned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stoned¹

1475–85 for sense “pelted with stones”; 1950–55 for current senses; stone + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The first Sunday service after the arrests, streamed from pastors outside the mainland, included a meditation on the biblical account of Stephen, the first-century disciple stoned to death for his faith.

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Jacob had sent a text to a friend minutes before the collision, which stated: "My driver is stoned. Lovely".

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And he filmed many a sketch with Hollywood itself as the bizarro backdrop — including one returning bit called “Who’s High?” in which he tried to guess which of three pedestrians was stoned.

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“I feel like it’s channeling some energy that I don’t take part in anymore, though I do have fond memories of getting stoned on the Parkway in Boone, North Carolina.”

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The deputy safeguarding manager at the school in Hackney where the girl, known as Child Q, was strip-searched by officers said the 15-year-old "smelt strongly of cannabis" and had turned up "stoned".

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Related Words

• intoxicated 
• ripped 
• tipsy 
• wasted