as in drunken
given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages
a crapulous wastrel who went through the family's once-fabulous fortune in less than a decade
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drunken
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The show presented the moment as Sullivan, who had a boyfriend at the time of filming the 2004 cycle months prior in 2003, having a drunken one-off affair with one of the male models in attendance.
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Years of advocacy led by victims’ families exposed mistakes and wrongdoing by police – who initially spread a false narrative blaming drunken fans – and extracted an apology from the government.
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“Crapulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapulous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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