as in drunk
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
Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
While unconfirmed, we’re told that the film sees Louise, the alcoholic mother of Mike (Hechinger) and Tommy, take off after a quarrel with her husband Lester — walking with her dog to the home of her brother Frank, quite a few miles away.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Probation was established in 1841 by Boston cobbler John Augustus, a reformed alcoholic whose efforts sought to reduce unnecessary incarceration.
—Vincent Schiraldi, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
There will be tons of beers from Germany and Austria, plus red and white wine (and non-alcoholic beverages).
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
While unconfirmed, we’re told that the film sees Louise, the alcoholic mother of Mike (Hechinger) and Tommy, take off after a quarrel with her husband Lester — walking with her dog to the home of her brother Frank, quite a few miles away.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The district court agreed, pointing to traditions of disarming felons, alcoholics, and the mentally ill.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Probation was established in 1841 by Boston cobbler John Augustus, a reformed alcoholic whose efforts sought to reduce unnecessary incarceration.
—Vincent Schiraldi, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholic
Noun
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Charlie Sheen once piloted a jet drunk.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Stray Bullets • In this week’s post-credits scene, Adrian removes the pants of the drunk, sleeping John Economos and plants a tender kiss on his forehead.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 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 traditional way of preparing it, whisking the powder together with hot water in a small bowl, also appeals to drinkers who want to slow down and be more intentional, Mills said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Non-coffee drinkers can opt for the blueberry matcha latte, which goes beautifully with one of the oversized blueberry muffins.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 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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Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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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
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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Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul during Joe Biden’s criminal withdrawal, or Saigon during the Tet Offensive.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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To those who dismissed the film as simplistic and dopey, well, that was part of its eternal appeal.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Alcoholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholic. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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