as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
a sot who was arrested after a bar fight
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Recent Examples of sot
Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager.
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Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
The old man is also a sot who dedicates much of his free time (and most of his work time) to getting King Kong drunk on the local King Kong hooch.
—Junot Díaz, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2020
Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2019
To this old sot, the gun represents some kind of high hilarity.
—New York Times, 23 May 2018
In her telling, the Medici history is populated not by high-minded art patrons but by drunken sots and savage adventurers, essentially a crime syndicate, intent on amassing wealth and power without limit and without scruple.
—Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2018
Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
The old man is also a sot who dedicates much of his free time (and most of his work time) to getting King Kong drunk on the local King Kong hooch.
—Junot Díaz, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2020
Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2019
To this old sot, the gun represents some kind of high hilarity.
—New York Times, 23 May 2018
In her telling, the Medici history is populated not by high-minded art patrons but by drunken sots and savage adventurers, essentially a crime syndicate, intent on amassing wealth and power without limit and without scruple.
—Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sot
Noun
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Protecting his sobriety is why tight end Darren Waller, a recovering drug addict and alcoholic — who has faced multiple suspensions throughout his eight-year NFL career — abruptly retired from the game last season.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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Leonard was an alcoholic whose drinking began in high school.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Scolding your Valley co-star for being a sloppy drunk is like scolding your Gilded Age co-star for wearing wigs with weird little bangs.—
Michelle Cohn,
Vulture,
24 July 2025
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“Sot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sot. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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