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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
Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The restaurant works closely with area farmers and serves fresh, seasonal fare in an intimate setting with a focus on non-alcoholic cocktails, as well as wine.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Using her charm offensive, Hedda goads naive spouses to cheat, recovering alcoholics to drink and depressives to wander off into the darkness with a revolver.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Not in any explicit way—my father wasn’t the cranky, alcoholic ex-minor league baseball player who drove around Los Angeles with his pool cleaning equipment in the back of his Cadillac convertible played by Matthau.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The restaurant works closely with area farmers and serves fresh, seasonal fare in an intimate setting with a focus on non-alcoholic cocktails, as well as wine.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholic
Noun
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When Macy was growing up, her mother worked in a factory and her dad was known as the town drunk.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 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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But how differently would the Iron Lady have handled Brexit or Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s bibulous president?—
Philip Delves Broughton,
WSJ,
16 Nov. 2018
Noun
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The study underscores the need for better and more targeted public health messaging, particularly to address misconceptions held by avid drinkers.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The absence of either can and should feel like a big red flag to drinkers.—
Oset Babür-Winter,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The extravagant, dissolute life Prince Albert II of Monaco continues to bolster arguments of those who think that hereditary monarchies should not be allowed to exist in the 21st century.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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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
Noun
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In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ben and Anne are written out of the will for being a drunkard and a woman, respectively.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The film follows a wealthy socialite and a struggling writer who are thrown together at a debauched party.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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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Apparently, none of this was in Guy’s year-in-a-week intensive Talamasca training, since this guy is an absolute dopey beagle in terms of instantly trusting sketchy characters.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Squishmallows 12-inch Maui the Pineapple Plush for $9 ($8 off): This medium-size plush has a dopey little smile and a green leaf crown, and many very happy customer reviews.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Alcoholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholic. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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