stewed /stuːd/ adjective3 •Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering (see stew). •(slang) Drunk.Ed Wimperis—big, fleshy, well tailored, stewed—talked television, clamping Joanna's arm and explaining in slow careful words why cassettes were going to change everything. — 1972 •Of tea: bitter from having been steeped too long. formsmore stewed · most stewed