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Meaning: (British,humorous,idiomatic,euphemistic)Drunk.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:drunk2011December 8, Tim Adams, “Public Enemies by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy – review”, inThe Guardian[1]:In 2008, after what you imagine was atired and emotionaldinner, the novelist Michel Houellebecq and the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy determined to start writing to each other about the things that kept them awake at nights.2017September 22, John Crace, “There's nothing like a singalong with tired and emotional Lib Dems”, inThe Guardian[2]:There's nothing like a singalong withtired and emotionalLib Dems [headline]; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seetired,emotional.2016August 15, Kevin Mitchell, “No respite for drained Andy Murray after claiming historic Olympic tennis gold”, inThe Guardian[3], retrieved5 August 2021:Andy Murray wastired and emotional– in the old fashioned sense – after becoming the first player in the history of tennis at the Olympics to win back-to-back gold medals in Rio on Sunday night.
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