alcoholic abuse
- noun
- /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk əˈbjus/
- Specialized
:
abuso de alcohol
- Alcoholic abuse can lead to serious health problems such as liver disease and heart failure.
Examples
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Families often suffer greatly as a result of prolonged alcoholic abuse.
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Programs to prevent alcoholic abuse are essential in many communities.
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Many people suffer from alcoholic abuse.
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The effects of alcoholic abuse can be devastating.
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Alcoholic abuse can result in significant harm to an individual's physical and mental health.
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Community resources to combat alcoholic abuse play a vital role in supporting affected families.
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Raising awareness about alcoholic abuse can help reduce the stigma surrounding addiction.
Synonyms
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2.9
To have alcohol often and in large amounts
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6.6
A habit of often having too much alcohol
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4.8
A long-term problem of not being able to control drinking that harms health and family life
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Using alcohol too much in a way that harms your health
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Drinking a lot of alcohol in a way that harms health
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A strong need to keep drinking alcohol that harms health and life
Harmful heavy drinking that often causes addiction and health problems
Being often drunk from drinking too much alcohol
Antonyms
How Harmful
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'excessive or harmful consumption of alcohol' is directly derivable from combining 'alcoholic' (relating to alcohol or an alcohol-dependent person) with 'abuse' (wrong or excessive use). Although 'alcohol abuse' is the more common collocation and 'alcoholic' can sometimes refer specifically to a person, the compositional logic is straightforward and predictable for learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Alcoholic abuse comes from joining alcoholic (about alcohol) and abuse ('to use wrongly' or 'to harm'). Imagine someone drinking so much that the alcohol 'harms' their body, family, or life, and that picture explains why the phrase means very harmful or excessive drinking today.