hard-drinking
adjective
—used to describe a person who often drinks a lot of alcohol
He had a troubled relationship with his violent, hard-drinking father.
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The hard-drinking, hyper-sensitive Fitzgerald himself would have winced at any of the five adaptations of The Great Gatsby.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
While Clark Kent took the easy route to Earth, the cynical, hard-drinking Kara Zor-El went the long way round, growing up among her fellow Kryptonian survivors in Argo City.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Hanks takes a detour from his traditional nice guy roles to sleaze it up as the hard-drinking, sweet-talking Wilson, and that alone is worth a watch.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Buddy, a hard-drinking gas-station attendant, and his distracted wife, Pattie, an accident-prone hypochondriac expecting her second child, are the parents of Kimberly, who’s on the cusp of her 16th birthday.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Next up for Hamill is the role of a hard-drinking grandfather in The Life of Chuck, director Mike Flanagan's adaptation of the Stephen King novella of the same name.
—EW.com, 4 June 2025
The hard-living, hard-drinking Shaw’s heart gave out.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
Krysten Ritter is officially back as hard-fighting, hard-drinking Marvel hero Jessica Jones.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 May 2025
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
While Clark Kent took the easy route to Earth, the cynical, hard-drinking Kara Zor-El went the long way round, growing up among her fellow Kryptonian survivors in Argo City.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Hanks takes a detour from his traditional nice guy roles to sleaze it up as the hard-drinking, sweet-talking Wilson, and that alone is worth a watch.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Buddy, a hard-drinking gas-station attendant, and his distracted wife, Pattie, an accident-prone hypochondriac expecting her second child, are the parents of Kimberly, who’s on the cusp of her 16th birthday.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Next up for Hamill is the role of a hard-drinking grandfather in The Life of Chuck, director Mike Flanagan's adaptation of the Stephen King novella of the same name.
—EW.com, 4 June 2025
The hard-living, hard-drinking Shaw’s heart gave out.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
Krysten Ritter is officially back as hard-fighting, hard-drinking Marvel hero Jessica Jones.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 May 2025
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“Hard-drinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-drinking. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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