Synonyms of sottish

sottish

adjective

ˈsä-tish 

1

as in drunken

being under the influence of alcohol

you could smell the whiskey on her sottish aunt's breath from a block away!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunken
• drunk
• fried
• wet
• blind
• impaired
• besotted
• inebriate
• wasted
• inebriated
• tipsy
• intoxicated
• cockeyed
• boozy
• crocked
• sozzled
• stewed
• soused
• plastered
• pickled
• gassed
• lit
• bombed
• stoned
• alcoholic
• three sheets in the wind
• stinking
• loaded
• sloshed
• blotto
• under the influence
• pie-eyed
• under the weather
• tiddly
• potted
• hammered
• in one's cups
• looped
• oiled
• tanked
• ripped
• wiped out
• smashed
• stiff
• squiffed
• juiced
• canned
• lit up
• high
• in the bag
• blasted
• blitzed
• maudlin
• tight
• crapulous
• dissolute
• beery
• debauched
• dopey
• stupefied
• befuddled
• bibulous
• bleary-eyed
• rocky
• dipsomaniacal
• dissipated
• strung out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sober
• straight
• dry
• temperate
• abstemious
• teetotal
• level
• abstinent
• steady
• cool
• clearheaded

2

as in drunk

given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages

a comic actor who frequently played the sottish curmudgeon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunken
• drunk
• intemperate
• bibulous
• crapulous
• dissolute
• debauched
• inebriated
• tipsy
• intoxicated
• dissipated
• high
• soused
• loaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• temperate
• sober
• straight
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sottish

So long as those parties retained their strength and credibility, the loud-mouthery of its sottish president could be winced at, but need not inspire much worry. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2017