drunkard
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kərd noun
a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.
Synonyms
toper, sot, tippler, drinker. Drunkard and inebriate are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. Drunkard connotes willful indulgence to excess. Inebriate is a slightly more formal term than drunkard., Dipsomaniac is the term for a person who, because of some psychological or physiological illness, has an irresistible craving for liquor. The dipsomaniac is popularly called an alcoholic.
toper, sot, tippler, drinker. Drunkard and inebriate are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. Drunkard connotes willful indulgence to excess. Inebriate is a slightly more formal term than drunkard., Dipsomaniac is the term for a person who, because of some psychological or physiological illness, has an irresistible craving for liquor. The dipsomaniac is popularly called an alcoholic.
Antonyms
teetotaler.
teetotaler.
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| a person who is frequently or habitually drunk | |
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Example sentences
Besides, he's such an infernal character-he's a gambler-he's a drunkard-he's a profligate in every way.
Lush workers study a slobbering drunkard the same way.
Kinda in the same category as being rough on the homeless guy or street drunkard.
It grows on him, for he is intellectual, and he becomes a drunkard.
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