berusad

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of berusa

Pronunciation

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Adjective

berusad (comparative mer berusad, superlative mest berusad)

1. intoxicated
   1. (usually) drunk, inebriated

      Synonym: full

      en berusad man hade blivit våldsam

      a drunken man had become violent

2. (figuratively) drunk (with/on something)

   berusad av makt

   drunk with power

Usage notes

• Bit more formal compared to full, though not quite as formal as English intoxicated. "En full man" vs. "en berusad man" is similar to "a drunk man" vs. "a drunken man," where the latter might be more likely to appear in a newspaper.
• See full for synonyms.

Derived terms

• salongsberusad

Related terms

• berusa
• berusning

See also

• rus

Participle

berusad

1. past participle of berusa

References

• berusad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• berusad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• berusad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• berusad in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• absurde, brusade