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soz·zled

 (sŏz′əld)
adj. Slang
Drunk; intoxicated.

[From sozzle, to splash, loll about, be lazy, from earlier sossle, probably from soss, to splash in mud, fall heavily, of imitative origin.]
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sozzled

(ˈsɒzəld)
adj
informal drunk
[C19: perhaps from obsolete sozzle stupor; related to souse1]
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soz•zled

(ˈsɒz əld)

adj. Slang.
drunk; inebriated.
[1875–80; dial. sozzle confused state, sloppy person (akin to souse1) + -ed3]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sozzled - very drunksozzled - very drunk        
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
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Translations
schlass

sozzled

[ˈsɒzld] ADJ to be sozzledestar mamado, estar tomado (LAm)
to get sozzledcoger una trompa, agarrarse una borrachera (LAm)
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sozzled

adj (Brit inf) to be sozzledeinen sitzen haben (inf); to get sozzledbeschwipst werden
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sozzled

[ˈsɒzld] adj (Brit) (fam) → sbronzo/a
to get sozzled → sbronzarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Sophie, below, thinks Sian is playing away, so she gets sozzled. Sian urges her to go home, but instead she makes her way to the church bubbling with anger.
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For just pounds 1, visitors can eat for free at eight different restaurants including Caf Rouge, Pizza Express, Sabai Sabai, Sozzled Sausage, Strada, The Benjamin Satchwell, The Clarendon and The Shakespeare.
And he claims things got so bad he regularly reported sozzled for training.