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Recent Examples of boozehound Ordinary rebels — even ones born from boozehounds — taking down a dictator are inspirational. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025 Post Malone, pop’s premier sad-sack boozehound, has returned with F-1 Trillion, his first long-form foray into pure country music. Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 16 Aug. 2024 Post Malone, pop’s premier sad sack boozehound, makes his first long-form foray into pure country music. Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 16 Aug. 2024 Before becoming the bloodshot boozehound on Shameless, Oscar nominee William H. Macy already had a prolific career, starring in major films like Fargo (1996) Boogie Nights (1997), Air Force One (1997), Pleasantville (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001), and Seabiscuit (2003). Huntley Woods, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023 Her supervisor is habitually late boozehound Inspector Stoppard, played by a miscast Sam Rockwell, whose accent work isn’t bad, but who nonetheless lacks the quintessentially British qualities required for a role that would have been a better fit for a David Tennant, Ewan McGregor or Rhys Ifans. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman—poet, pedagogue, boozehound, and symphonic self-destroyer—may not be heard straining toward the condition of music. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020 Sotto’s restaurant has had one of Los Angeles’s most relevant bar programs for years, and boozehounds will love their extensive selection of hard-to-find Italian amaros, and the seasonal cocktails. Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018 Before you pigeonhole me as a full-on dipsomaniac (that’s a fancy way to say boozehound), allow me to explain that many rum distilleries in Martinique offer more than a linoleum tasting counter and a gift shop. Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boozehound
Noun
  • Tracker's season 2 finale centers primarily on the disappearance of Bill Weaver (Brian Keane), a local restaurateur and recovering alcoholic.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 May 2025
  • Delia is a recovering alcoholic, after all, and with the scent Erivo could carry that past with her as well as a certain amount of freshness that comes with working on an apple farm.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • In the play’s finest scene, a sympathetic drunk (Trevor Fox) tries to reel Moat back from his horrors.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
  • That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Boozehound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boozehound. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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