DRUGGED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of drugged

as in anesthetized

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verb

past tense of drug

as in hospitalized

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Meanwhile, Gu-cheon has woken up from his drugged slumber and heads into the Realm of the Gwi. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026 But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Equally deft are Fitzwater’s amazingly smooth staging and Dunn’s deliriously frenzied choreography, such as the liquid mercury depiction of Mary Jane in a drugged daze drifting through chores. — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026 Becka is drugged and married off to Garth (Brad Alexander), the man Agnes is in love with. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for drugged

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Adjective

Direct evidence on the mole-rat brain response to isopropyl myristate came from functional ultrasound imaging, a technique that tracks blood flow non-invasively in an anesthetized animal.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Future research could help clinicians guide the anesthetized brain toward a sleep-like state, rather than a coma-like one.

— Lucy Nemchek, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2026

Definition of anesthetized

Verb

Last week, government spokesman René Emmanuel Sadi told French radio RFI that Biya was in Geneva, Switzerland and was not hospitalized, but did not give more detail on his whereabouts.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
In Croatia, 14 people were hospitalized, of whom seven remained in life-threatening condition early Friday from a fire that raged overnight by the coastal town of Omis and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate their homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of hospitalized

Adjective

The man hugged a bag, the woman shouted and flailed her arms, and the young teenage boy pulled at his sister, who seemed stupefied.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.

— Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of stupefied

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Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
But six veterans — costume winner Amigo, Foksas, Foksis, Madeira, Bulka and Dziugas — have attended every edition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

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