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chore, slog, slogging, slavery, Colloq grind, sweat, Brit
skivvying, fag: She wanted some relief from the sheer drudgery
of housework.
drug n. 1 medication, medicine, medicament, pharmaceutical, remedy,
cure, treatment; cure-all, panacea: My doctor prescribes too
many drugs. 2 opiate, narcotic, stimulant, tranquillizer,
antidepressant, hallucinogen(ic), psychedelic, hypnotic,
soporific, sedative, analgesic, painkiller, Slang dope, downer,
upper: Can they control the traffic in drugs?
--v. 3 dose, medicate, treat: I was drugged with
antihistamines and unable to drive. 4 anaesthetize, dope,
deaden, knock out, sedate, stupefy, numb, benumb, dull,
narcotize; poison, Slang slip (someone) a Mickey (Finn): The
victim had been drugged and kidnapped.
druggist n. pharmacist, apothecary, Brit chemist: Only a druggist is
qualified to dispense this medication.
drunk adj. 1 drunken, intoxicated, inebriated, besotted, tipsy,
groggy, sotted, crapulent or crapulous, in one's cups, under the
weather, under the influence, maudlin, ebriate, ebriose,
ebrious, Colloq soused, pickled, high (as a kite), tight,
boozed, boozy, lit (up), half-seas-over, three or four sheets to
the wind, out (cold), under the table, Brit squiffy; Slang
pie-eyed, loaded, stoned, stewed (to the gills), (well-)oiled,
bombed (out of one's mind), crocked, plastered, tanked, sloshed,
polluted, stinko, smashed, blotto, pissed: He was so drunk he
tried to fly. 2 exhilarated, excited, exuberant, invigorated,
inspirited, animated, ecstatic; flushed, feverish, inflamed,
aflame, fervent, fervid, delirious: Since he became a director,
he's been drunk with power.
--n. 3 drunkard, drinker, toper, tippler, sot, soak, bibber,
winebibber; dipsomaniac, alcoholic, problem drinker; Colloq
guzzler, swiller, sponge, Slang wino, boozer, dipso, lush,
souse, alky, US juicer, juice-head, rummy: The drunks who
volunteered were registered for treatment. 4 carouse,
bacchanal, carousal, bacchanalia, revel, Slang bender, tear,
jag, bat, US and Canadian toot, Chiefly Brit pub-crawl: I went
off on a wild drunk the night before my wedding.