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
  • Smith was just 20 years old at the time, not of legal age to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages.
    — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • The restaurant’s alcoholic and nonalcoholic options give guests different paths through the tasting menu.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 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
  • White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
    — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022
Definition of dissipated
Adjective
  • His untimely death set the template for the doomed, dissolute musician.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 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
  • The robot successfully navigated university campuses, forest trails, grassy fields, rocky terrain, staircases, stepping stones, logs, gaps, and fallen branches.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • The rocky beaches around the amphitheater offer a clear line of sight of the Starship launch pad, and there are often spectators on boats out of nearby Port Isabel offering a picturesque view.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 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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