DIPSOMANIACAL Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

dipsomaniacal

adjective

as in alcoholic

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Adjective

Cultures around the world have discovered, ritualized, and simply experimented with alcoholic drinks and ingestible drugs for millennia.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
After years without contact, Sandra mysteriously invites her outspoken, alcoholic mother, Diane (Dianne Weist), and her mousy sister, April (Naomi Watts), to the premiere of her upcoming Broadway show.

— Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of alcoholic

Adjective

But this replacement adoption has strings attached, in the form of a father (Fabrizio Odetto) who’d already been trying to get Giulia away from his dissolute ex, and is not about to hand her over to some rich third party.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026
His untimely death set the template for the doomed, dissolute musician.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of dissolute

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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
Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun.

— John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2018

Definition of bibulous

Adjective

Another chapter digs into Ronson’s rocky friendship with the comedy writer Graham Linehan, whose involvement in the gender-critical movement led him to act out online in ways that Ronson reads as self-destructive.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Similar to other rocky, terrestrial planets, Mercury has a central metallic core, a rocky mangle and a solid crust.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rocky

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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
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

Definition of crapulous

Adjective

Four other potential areas are strung out across the Pacific between what remains of Moke and Central America, according to the hurricane center.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
There is a chorus of 14, singing sheep and a pair of dogs (hilariously portrayed by Catriona Hewitson and Edward Jowle), whose barks become words that Theresa understands as she becomes strung out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of strung out

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