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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapulous
drunken
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An off-duty Douglas County sheriff’s deputy spit and cursed at a Parker police officer while waiting to be taken to jail after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving earlier this month, according to an arrest affidavit.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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An off-duty cop busted for a Manhattan drunken-driving crash that ended up with one of his dogs dead and another injured has been docked 35 days’ pay and placed on dismissal probation, according to an NYPD document.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Crapulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapulous. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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