as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
a sot who was arrested after a bar fight
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Recent Examples of sot
Sumner sat behind Andrew P. Butler, a venerable sot from South Carolina who spat his chewing tobacco directly onto the floor.
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Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
The Rangers, who held a 16-7 sot advantage in the second, stormed the B’s zone after that and Korpisalo did start to battle well.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production.
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Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager.
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Ben Flanagan | [email protected],
al,
8 Apr. 2023
Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2023
Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars.
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Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Nov. 2019
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
The Rangers, who held a 16-7 sot advantage in the second, stormed the B’s zone after that and Korpisalo did start to battle well.
—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production.
—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager.
—
Ben Flanagan | [email protected],
al,
8 Apr. 2023
Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake.
—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2023
Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars.
—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sot
Noun
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Sam Sanders grew up in anger; his father, an alcoholic, would come home from work furious, Matt says, beating Sam with his belt.
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The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.
Noun
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The Burgess Park/Blessington Street Basin spin is easy duty really compared to the Finsbury Park/Ranelagh Gardens spin, where I was laid out once like a drunk for a good half hour.
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Dan, the big blond, kicks every drunk that comes near him.
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“Sot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sot. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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