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. 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 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 See All Example Sentences for drunkard
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Noun
  • Rayya, who is an alcoholic and a heroin addict in recovery, has begun openly drinking again.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Everything kicks off with the arrival of Eileen (Nina Hoss), a recovering alcoholic, up for the same job as Hedda’s husband.
    Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Stray Bullets • In this week’s post-credits scene, Adrian removes the pants of the drunk, sleeping John Economos and plants a tender kiss on his forehead.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunkard. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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