zonked
Americanadjective
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stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high.
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exhausted or asleep.
adjective
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highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
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utterly exhausted
Etymology
Origin of zonked
Example Sentences
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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
“I had the exact same problem as Juliet,” Hunt says, “but I was so zonked at the time, I just took the easy route for a while and reverted to purees and spoon-feeding.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2019
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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