sad drunk: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKWorldwideinformalcolloquial
    • A person who becomes sorrowful, melancholic, or tearful while intoxicated.
    • A style or phase of drunkenness characterized by introspection, sentimentality, or low mood rather than euphoria or aggression.

    Examples

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    • After a few drinks, Mike turns into a sad drunk, often telling stories about lost loves and missed chances.

      After a few drinks, Mike turns into a sad drunk, often telling stories about lost loves and missed chances.

    • Whenever she's a sad drunk, Jenna cries over old photos and regrets she hasn't spoken to her dad in years.

      Whenever she's a sad drunk, Jenna cries over old photos and regrets she hasn't spoken to her dad in years.

    • I noticed that Paul became a sad drunk at the party, retreating to a corner and staring quietly.

      I noticed that Paul became a sad drunk at the party, retreating to a corner and staring quietly.

  • 2.

    USUKWorldwideinformalcolloquial
    • A habitual pattern in which someone regularly becomes depressed or emotionally vulnerable when they drink.

    Examples

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    • She’s a sad drunk every weekend, sinking deeper into loneliness when the bottle’s near empty.

      She’s a sad drunk every weekend, sinking deeper into loneliness when the bottle’s near empty.

    • If you keep drinking like that, you’ll just become a sad drunk, reliving painful memories over and over.

      If you keep drinking like that, you’ll just become a sad drunk, reliving painful memories over and over.

    • Being a sad drunk has been his pattern for years, and it’s starting to affect his relationships badly.

      Being a sad drunk has been his pattern for years, and it’s starting to affect his relationships badly.

Examples:

  • EN: My daddy drank. He wasn't a sad drunk though, he was more happy, like me.
    ES: Mi papá bebía, aunque no era un borracho triste, se ponía más contento, como yo.
  • EN: My daddy drank. He wasn't a sad drunk, though, he was more happy. Like me.
    ES: Mi papá bebía, aunque no era un borracho triste, se ponía más contento, como yo.
  • EN: Homer, what turned you from sad drunk to mad monk?
    ES: Homero, que cambió en ti para ser de un triste borracho a un monje enfadado?
  • EN: Man, Cleveland, you skipped fun drunk and sad drunk and went straight to angry drunk.
    ES: Mano, Cleveland, te saltaste borracho divertido y borracho triste y fuiste directo a borracho enojado.
  • EN: You were a pretty sad drunk the other night.
    ES: Estabas bastante triste y borracho la otra noche.
  • EN: You are edging on mean drunk, and I only signed up for sad drunk.
    ES: Estás pasando a borracha agresiva, y yo solo me apunté para borracha triste.
    ID: Kau melangkah pada mabuk yang kejam, dan aku hanya mendaftar untuk mabuk kesedihan.
  • EN: But it makes him look like a big, brave adventurer instead of a sad drunk.
    ES: Pero de esa forma parece un valiente y gran aventurero... en vez de un triste borracho.
  • EN: Aw, look at the sad drunk.
    ES: Miren a la triste ebria.
    ID: Ah, lihatlah si pemabuk yang sedih.
  • EN: Mathilde had a sense of humor too, but she was a sad drunk.
    ES: Mathilde también tenía humor. Una buena bajada, alcohol triste.
  • EN: Are we at the sad drunk phase in the night, huh?
    ES: ¿Estamos en la fase de borracha triste de la noche?
    ID: Apa kita dalam fase mabuk yang menyedihkan di malam hari?
  • EN: So you want me to go in there for my regular fee and extract a sad drunk with a death ray who has every reason to despise me?
    ES: Entonces, quieren que entre allí por mi tarifa normal y saque a un borracho triste que me desprecia y tiene un rayo mortal.
  • EN: Old enough to recognize a sad drunk.
    ES: Suficientemente mayor para reconocer a un borracho triste.
  • EN: ...and I, I think I got really good at managing sad drunk people.
    ES: ... y yo, creo que lo hice muy bien en el manejo de borrachos tristes.
  • EN: She's about to transition from fun drunk to sad drunk.
    ID: Dia akan beralih dari mabuk menyenangkan menjadi pemabuk menyedihkan.
  • EN: Are you a sad drunk?
    ID: Kau mabuk saat sedih?

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