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
Idioms
Example Sentences
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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
“She’s not afraid to look scary or ridiculous,” Hemming said, “but there’s also a strung-out vulnerability about her. And when she sings, she pins you to your seat with the harrowing intensity of her delivery.”
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024
The strung-out nature of the protest — the lake-looping path is 2.8 miles around — made it difficult to assess the size of the crowd.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2016
My normally harried, rushed mother always turns into a strung-out retail junkie just before Turkey Day.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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