under the influence

English

Etymology

Elliptical: the agent (any intoxicating substance) is implicit because understood in context.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

under the influence (comparative more under the influence, superlative most under the influence)

1. (idiomatic) While intoxicated or inebriated, in any degree from mildly impaired to stupefied, by a mind-altering substance, typically alcohol; thus, especially, drunk.

   He was arrested for driving under the influence.

   He was fired for showing up under the influence.

Derived terms

• driving under the influence

Related terms

• DUI, DWI

Adjective

under the influence (comparative more under the influence, superlative most under the influence)

1. (idiomatic) Intoxicated or inebriated, in any degree from mildly impaired to stupefied, by a mind-altering substance, typically alcohol; thus, especially, drunk.

   Hyponyms: buzzed, feeling no pain; half-baked; three sheets to the wind; baked; see also Thesaurus:drunk

   He was arrested for driving while under the influence.

   He was fired for showing up when he was under the influence.

Translations

intoxicated

• Arabic: تَحْتَ اَلتَّأْثِير (taḥta t-taʔṯīr)
• Catalan: sota els efectes de l'alcohol, sota la influència de l'alcohol
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: onder invloed
• Finnish: päihtyneenä
• Galician: baixo os efectos do alcohol, baixo a influenza do alcohol
• Georgian: ნასვამი (nasvami), ალკოჰოლის ზემოქმედების ქვეშ (alḳoholis zemokmedebis kveš)
• German: unter Einfluss von Alkohol, unter dem Einfluss von Alkohol
• Greek: υπό την επήρεια του αλκοόλ (ypó tin epíreia tou alkoól), υπό την επήρεια (ypó tin epíreia)
• Hungarian: alkoholos / kábítószeres / gyógyszeres befolyásoltság alatt / állapotában (of alcohol, of drug, of medicine, respectively)
• Italian: in stato di ebbrezza
• Polish: na podwójnym gazie (pl), pod wpływem (pl)
• Portuguese: sob o efeito do álcool, sob a influência do álcool
• Russian: (all colloquial) под га́зом (ru) (pod gázom) , под му́хой (ru) (pod múxoj) , подшофе́ (ru) (podšofɛ́)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo bhuaidh na dighe
• Slovene: pod vplivom
• Spanish: bajo los efectos del alcohol, bajo la influencia del alcohol
• Swedish: påverkad (sv)