stoned

[ stohnd ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes followed by out ):

   to be stoned out on pot.

2. drunk.

stoned

/ stəʊnd /

adjective

1. slang.
   under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Other Words From

• un·stoned 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

Well, it depends on if farmers want their cows to get a little stoned.

From Popular-Science

Leary later lamented that his call to “turn on, tune in, drop out” was too often misinterpreted as “get stoned and abandon all constructive activity,” rather than as an aid to transformative change.

From Science News

Reach new levels of eco-friendliness by giving your loved ones a book of vegan recipes so easy they could make them while totally stoned.

From Popular-Science

But soon after, I remember feeling very, very stoned and asking his chauffeur to take me back to the car.

From The Daily Beast

Ten minutes after taking the pills, she reports that she “was really stoned, I mean, smashed.”

From The Daily Beast

Can Congress Get Stoned Now That D.C. Has Legalized Marijuana?

From The Daily Beast

Assuming that members of Congress who live in D.C. are adults, they, too, will be permitted to get stoned at their leisure.

From The Daily Beast

No, getting stoned in Iran these days does not always mean being executed by rock throwers.

From The Daily Beast

The evening previous he tried to poison himself, but lived to be stoned and hooted by the populace on his way to the gallows.

From Project Gutenberg

And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.

From Project Gutenberg

You may propose many good reasons to the martyr why he should not allow himself to be stoned to death.

From Project Gutenberg

We know that your excellency will not approve the conduct of those who have stoned and evil entreated us without cause.

From Project Gutenberg

Put in some stoned and scalded olives, which boil up for ten minutes and dish up with the duck.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• intoxicated
• ripped
• tipsy
• wasted