dipsomaniacal

adjective

as in alcoholic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipsomaniacal
  1. alcoholic
  2. debauched
  3. dissipated
  4. dissolute
  5. bibulous
  6. rocky
  7. crapulous
  8. strung out
Adjective
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a 3% tax on alcoholic beverages and another 3% tax on food at restaurants located within its downtown.
    — Stephanie Leiser, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Santa Monica put screens on every block of the Third Street Promenade for World Cup watch parties where patrons were allowed to carry alcoholic beverages within a specific area of the open-air mall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of alcoholic
Adjective
  • His dissolute, debauched lifestyle was due for a reckoning and could have sunk into tropes of the season’s theme.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Firstman stars as Peter, a debauched millennial aging out of a New York scene that never cared about him as a person in the first place.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Definition of debauched
Adjective
  • Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.
    — Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
Definition of dissipated
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
Adjective
  • 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
  • Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • New York — SpaceX reports its first-ever quarterly earnings as a public company after the closing bell Tuesday, giving investors a detailed look at Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company after a rocky start to trading.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of rocky
Adjective
  • 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
  • There were about 50 of them and they were strung out over a wide, grassy plain near a water hole.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
  • The Face of the Band Leaves In 1985, strung out from the road and eager to focus on his solo career, Cetera quit Chicago.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
Definition of strung out
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“Dipsomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomaniacal. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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