- pissed
- adjective Date: 1929 1. chiefly British, sometimes vulgar drunk 1a 2. sometimes vulgar angry, irritated — often used with off
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pissed — [pıst] adj [not before noun] informal 1.) BrE drunk ▪ They rolled in pissed at three in the morning. pissed as a newt/pissed out of your head (=extremely drunk) 2.) AmE ↑pissed off … Dictionary of contemporary English
pissed — pissed, pissed off pissed off, a. Angered or very annoyed. [vulgar] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pissed — [ pıst ] adjective IMPOLITE 1. ) pissed or pissed off angry 2. ) BRITISH drunk … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pissed — ► ADJECTIVE vulgar slang 1) Brit. drunk. 2) (pissed off or N. Amer. pissed) very annoyed … English terms dictionary
pissed — [pist] adj. 1. Slang angry, irritated, etc. 2. [Slang, Chiefly Brit.] drunk; intoxicated: Sometimes considered vulgar … English World dictionary
pissed — adjective 1 BrE spoken drunk: They rolled in pissed at three in the morning. | pissed as a newt/pissed out of your head (=extremely drunk) 2 AmE spoken an impolite word meaning annoyed, disappointed, or unhappy: Oh God, I m really pissed, I… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Pissed — This is a great one for misunderstanding. Most people go to the pub to get pissed. In fact the object of a stag night is to get as pissed as possible. Getting pissed means getting drunk. It does not mean getting angry. That would be getting… … The American's guide to speaking British
pissed — adj 1. British drunk. This usage came into the language at some unrecorded date early in the 20th century. It presumably originally referred to the incontinence of a helpless inebriate, or else to the equation of alcohol itself with urine. This… … Contemporary slang
pissed — [[t]pɪ̱st[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is pissed is drunk. [BRIT, INFORMAL, RUDE] He was just lying there completely pissed. 2) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, oft ADJ at n If you say that someone is pissed, you mean that they are annoyed. [AM,… … English dictionary
pissed — • unlike the American version of the word (which means annoyed ), this is the most common slang term for being drunk. Other variants are pissed up , pissed as arseholes , pissed as a fart , pissed as a newt etc … Londonisms dictionary
pissed — drunk Referring to the need to dispose of beer drunk to excess, but also of being drunk on wine or spirits: I am not introspectively drunk. I am merely pissed. (Sharpe, 1977) The American pissed can also, like the British pissed off … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
