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a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
one can be a social drinker without turning into an alcoholic
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Recent Examples of alcoholic
Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
An alcoholic, Witney died of a heart attack when Carly was young, and Twiggy would later fall in love with Lawson.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Stay hydrated: Try to drink a glass of water between each alcoholic beverage.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
An alcoholic, Witney died of a heart attack when Carly was young, and Twiggy would later fall in love with Lawson.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Researchers defined heavy drinking as eight or more alcoholic beverages a week.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Stay hydrated: Try to drink a glass of water between each alcoholic beverage.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholic
Noun
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In the play’s finest scene, a sympathetic drunk (Trevor Fox) tries to reel Moat back from his horrors.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2022
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Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun.—
John MacCormack,
San Antonio Express-News,
20 Jan. 2018
Noun
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Distribution with Regal is indicative of Leitner-Waldman’s theory that wine drinkers are eschewing the more stodgy and outdated way that they were presented wines—the white tablecloth fine dining experience—and instead seeking to sip on wine during more active occasions.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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On a mission to reinvent Denver’s nightlife scene, founder Arend Richard created a space to cater to tokers instead of drinkers, and it’s been a long time coming.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nick, a prequel to the original, offers us Carraway’s backstory as a soldier in World War I and a wanderer trying to find his way in a dissolute world.—
Danielle Teller,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874, moved across the country following the death of his dissolute, larger-than-life father, and made a series of homes in mill towns north of Boston with his mother, who was a schoolteacher, and his younger sister.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And then there was the one about him as a bad steward of money raised by the powerful Koch network, a sexist bully, and a drunkard on the job who got canned.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
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First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
30 June 2024
Adjective
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Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.—
Michael Stein,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2022
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White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.—
Nancy Bilyeau,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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Cranston will also reprise his role as Hal, Malcolm's sweet, dopey dad, in the revival.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Leitch produced the film, which was a passable Netflix throwaway hampered by dopey B-movie conventions.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
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“Alcoholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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