strung-out
adjective
severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
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strung-out
American
[struhng-out]
/ ˈstrʌŋˈaʊt /
adjective
Slang.
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severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
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physically or emotionally exhausted.
strung out
British
adjective
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addicted to a drug
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(of a drug addict) suffering or distressed because of the lack of a drug
strung out
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The result is more of a strung-out patchwork than a theatrical encapsulation of Prokofiev’s 3-act, more than 2-hour score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Half the people down here look like they’re itching to tell you all about how CrossFit changed their lives, and the other half seem too strung-out to even contemplate lifting a kettlebell.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
This was a loose, strung-out event but one graced with humor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Rader’s portrait of the faltering playwright two years before his death, much like the Williams of John Lahr’s psychoanalytic biography, depicts a strung-out mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2017
My normally harried, rushed mother always turns into a strung-out retail junkie just before Turkey Day.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
“Difference Between,” a 23-minute world premiere by Matthew Neenan, holds the stage intriguingly until losing momentum and feeling strung out as it presents an artful, communal gathering that dwindles to a somewhat puzzling conclusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
"Anybody who has been to America will know that there's always a small town 30 miles outside with plenty of motels strung out along the highway."
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Then once we had it all strung out and I thought it was a film, I brought on Viridiana Lieberman, who’s our editor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
Robby is our guide through a too-long workday, where he and his fellow doctors and nurses are overworked and strung out.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
The march was strung out through half a mile of woods.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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