plastered
adjective
plas·tered
ˈpla-stərd 
slang
: drunk, intoxicated
Move over, children. Go eat your mini eggs somewhere else as your auntie wants to get plastered.—
Mel Ramsay
Mel Ramsay… oh we were plastered, we barely knew what we were doing …—Dave Eggers
Dave EggersCollege boys could get totally plastered, and the worst that would happen to them would be hangovers and missed morning classes.—Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt
Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of plastered in a Sentence
I got totally plastered at the party.
I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party.
Recent Examples on the Web
Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
—TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room.
—oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
The front door opens to living and dining rooms with high ceilings, which have been re-plastered.
—oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity.
—New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
The film’s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
Their defensive backs will have to remain plastered to receivers while their rushers remain fully aware of where Rodgers is headed.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2021
TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room.
—oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
The front door opens to living and dining rooms with high ceilings, which have been re-plastered.
—oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022
Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2.
—Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity.
—New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
The film’s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
Their defensive backs will have to remain plastered to receivers while their rushers remain fully aware of where Rodgers is headed.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined above
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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastered. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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