【Drunk】 , 【drunken】 , 【intoxicated】 , 【inebriated】 , 【tipsy】 , 【tight】 are comparable when they mean being conspicuously under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
【Drunk】 and 【drunken】 are the plainspoken, direct, and inclusive terms.
【Drunk】 and 【drunken】 differ in that 【drunk】 is commonly used predicatively or postpositively, while 【drunken】 is chiefly attributive.
【Drunken】 frequently suggests habitual drinking to excess; it also applies to whatever pertains to or proceeds from intoxication.
【Intoxicated】 may be exactly synonymous with 【drunk】 , though it is generally felt to be a less offensive term and has thus come to be applied often to a person but slightly under the influence of liquor.
【Inebriated】 implies such a state of intoxication that exhilaration or undue excitement results.
All these words are used in a figurative sense as implying excess of emotion.
【Tipsy】 implies a degree of intoxication that deprives one of muscular or sometimes of mental control.
【Tight】 usually implies obvious intoxication, but does not suggest loss of power over one's muscles.
