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
Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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
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
Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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
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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Desmond, her husband, had returned from the war, not physically wounded, but mentally damaged, and was becoming an alcoholic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Staples, played in the movie by Emily Blunt, was a recovering alcoholic, and the couple’s fraught journeys with sobriety led to feelings of abandonment and bitterness.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Charlie Sheen once piloted a jet drunk.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Sot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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