Synonyms

zonked

American

[zongkt, zawngkt] / zɒŋkt, zɔŋkt /

Sometimes zonked out

adjective

Slang.

stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high.
exhausted or asleep.

zonked British

/ zɒŋkt /

adjective

highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
utterly exhausted

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of zonked

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60; zonk + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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zonked

He doesn’t schedule any dinners that first week back and goes to bed at 5 p.m., if he is zonked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

He said that by early evening, they were "zonked, but it's lovely".

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

We went home, plopped on the couch and, zonked but inexplicably wired, watched the entirety of "Men in Black," which I’d never seen.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

And after I signed up for Peloton’s 30-day free trial of virtual content and hopped on the dusty Schwinn in my in-laws’ basement, I was zonked.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2021

If she failed them on this quest, zonked out when they needed her most... she couldn’t bear that idea.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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