as in drunken
given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages a crapulous wastrel who went through the family's once-fabulous fortune in less than a decade

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Recent Examples of crapulous The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk. Justin Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021 Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings. Jesse Hawley, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
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drunken
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  • In addition to the exploding festival stage, there’s a drunken bachelorette wreck, plus a jaw-dropping boy-with-the-red-balloon moment involving a little girl and a kite.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After a drunken night out at Big Belly Burger, Chris and Harcourt stumbled onto a rock cruise fronted by hard rock duo Nelson and ended up sharing a dance and a kiss.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Crapulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapulous. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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