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
Winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the second of Chan-wook’s vengeance trilogy finds Choi Min-sik as a drunkard who’s mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years, only to be unceremoniously released from captivity to discover what his past sins resulted in.
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 30 June 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
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 30 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunkard
Noun
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James, who quit drinking three years ago, was a functional alcoholic for years.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her mother abandoned her when Wuornos was 4, and she was adopted by her grandparents, who were alcoholics.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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In 1984, a 20-year-old woman named Kathleen Barry was killed in a drunk-driving crash, prompting legal reforms in Massachusetts.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yes, that is not a way to clear herself from the problem of very publicly calling Shannon a drunk.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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