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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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

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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

The other four infected employees were hospitalized and receiving treatment, said an airport spokesman.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
One man died and a woman was hospitalized after a single-vehicle rollover crash in rural Jackson County this week, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hospitalized

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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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Rasmussen grew up a Boise State fan because a bunch of his family attended the university — his uncle, Dan Murphy, was even an offensive lineman for the Broncos from 1984 to 1987.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2026
Several groups of Horned Frogs fans packed local bars on Thursday, and hundreds attended a pep rally Friday.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

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