stoned
pronunciation
How to pronounce stoned in British English:
UK [stəʊnd]
How to pronounce stoned in American English:
US [stoʊnd]
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- Adjective:
- under the influence of narcotics
Word Origin
- stoned (adj.)
- 1510s, "having or containing stones," past participle adjective from stone (v.). From 1728 as "deprived of stones." Slang meaning "drunk; intoxicated with narcotics" is from 1930s. Stoner is from mid-14c. as "one who stones;" mid-1960s as "stuporous person."
Example
- 1. They stoned him to death .
- 2. Christian martyrs were stoned to death .
- 3. That idea never usually ends up good , but like everything you say when you 're stoned , it sounded very good at the time .
- 4. A person convicted of homosexuality in iran can be lashed , hanged or stoned to death .
- 5. So you could stay here and get stoned ?