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
These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public.
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Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
Ben and Anne are written out of the will for being a drunkard and a woman, respectively.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
Ben and Anne are written out of the will for being a drunkard and a woman, respectively.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunkard
Noun
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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As a high-functioning alcoholic whose outbursts manifest as a kaiju on the other side of the world, Hathaway delivers one of her most limber performances in the darkly comic Colossal.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Portraits of him as a cheating drunk, who was unfaithful to his first wife, Julia Nye, also surfaced.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2026
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And though the local history museum is nothing but artifacts of atrocities (old newspaper report of cannibalism, a murderer’s mask), only Wyck (Stephen Root, great as always) sees anything paranormal in it, and he’s generally written off as a drunk.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunkard. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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