as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem
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Recent Examples of drunkard
The film stars Sjöström as a dispirited drunkard named David Holm who is forced to reflect on his past mistakes by the driver of Death’s carriage, who is chosen each year at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
So your daughters have decided to side with their drunkard of a father and are trying to blackmail you into submission.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Examples include the height of a flowing river, stock prices, a hospital’s patient count, the movement of gas molecules and even a stumbling drunkard’s swerving path.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
So your daughters have decided to side with their drunkard of a father and are trying to blackmail you into submission.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Examples include the height of a flowing river, stock prices, a hospital’s patient count, the movement of gas molecules and even a stumbling drunkard’s swerving path.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunkard
Noun
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Her father was an alcoholic, while her mother, separately, was in an abusive relationship, eventually leading Tui to find a home at a women’s refuge.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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An alcoholic, my mother was highly abusive, both psychologically and physically.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the play’s finest scene, a sympathetic drunk (Trevor Fox) tries to reel Moat back from his horrors.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunkard. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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