1
as in hooked
being under the influence of a recreational drug
later claimed that she was zonked for the entire recording session
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as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
her only living relative is a permanently zonked sister who can't even care for herself
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Recent Examples of zonked
Marla wears a stony expression, clearly too zonked to take in any of it.
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Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Niehaus would work five or six hours, then go home zonked.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
After the Monkees split, Nesmith began his eccentric solo career, with amiably zonked records that were years ahead of their time.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
Only Andersson, the doyen of inaction movies, could offer beatitudes to the ineffectual and the zonked.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
Most people take pre-workout for performance reasons or to simply feel better and less zonked when working out.
—SELF, 27 Aug. 2020
And that's what an asphalt nation of zonked American teenagers did during the '80s.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Jan. 2020
But the movie’s high point is a scene where Diane Varsi, playing the most zonked member of Max’s entourage (which includes a young Richard Pryor), addresses Congress as if from the stage of the Fillmore.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zonked
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When Oliver sent me the script, I was really hooked.—
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My mom, Gen X, and I, Gen Z, are both hooked on the beloved game, and even celebrities like Meghan Markle and Joanna Gaines, are incorporating it into girls’ nights and family game nights.—
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The scramble to get the show launched has left Tierney and Brady a bit dazed.—
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Meanwhile, the Golden Globes has officially added a podcast category, and even though no one quite knows what to make of it, folks seem dazed enough to roll with it nevertheless.—
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Also on display, in conversation with Noland’s work, are the ripped and twisted canvases of the late Steven Parrino, who died on New Year’s Day in 2005.—
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The shapes appeared on a piece of paper with a ripped corner.—
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Snook and Lacy, who display such sharp instincts in their best work, seem to have been directed to overact; cameras freeze on their exaggeratedly bewildered or angry or devastated expressions, putting exclamation points at the end of too many scenes.—
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Instead, a bewildered stranger answers the door.—
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The Bears are still in third place in the loaded NFC North, with the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions ahead of them.—
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Emanuel Sharp, Joseph Tugler and a loaded supporting cast will finish the job for Kelvin Sampson this time.—
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Goedert scored his second touchdown on a fourth-and-2 leaving a confused Malik Mustapha behind him in the left flat.—
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Yet many of its citizens feel both whiplashed and confused.—
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Because for all the roiling frustration this production evokes with its wasted potential, there are still those moments of greatness, where the soaring vocals meld with potent lyrics and the entire theater is rapt.—
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Advertisers still need to actively review and clean search terms to prevent wasted spend and ensure relevance.—
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In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportation modes and distracted driving laws.—
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That the impossible standards we're sold are designed to keep us small, distracted, and spending money on the next fix.—
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“Zonked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zonked. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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