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adjective

Definition of druggednext
as in anesthetized

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verb

past tense of drug
as in hospitalized

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Recent Examples of drugged
Adjective
Unfortunately, the effects of this high-pressure, drugged performance show. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for drugged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugged
  1. anesthetized
  2. hospitalized
  3. stupefied
  4. attended
  5. chilled
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
  • Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee earlier this week, remains hospitalized in critical condition, her lawyers said in a new statement Friday.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As of Thursday night, Pike was hospitalized in the Nashville area, where hospital staff were working to remove pentobarbital from her system, the filing said.
    — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of hospitalized
Adjective
  • Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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  • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki's Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • About 285,000 attended last year, making the United States the festival’s largest source of overseas visitors.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of attended
Adjective
  • At one point, Coover pulled the cover off a super-chilled metallic cylinder labeled big baby main.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For anyone raised below the Mason-Dixon line, a chilled glass of sugary iced tea is pure comfort, and not just during summer.
    — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Drugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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