dipsomaniac

Examples

• All

• - You're not a dipsomaniac at your age?

  The Seventh Victim (1943)

• If they treat me Iike a dipsomaniac, they can bloody well have a dipsomaniac.

  Brideshead Revisited (2008)

• If they treat me Iike a dipsomaniac, they can bloody well have a dipsomaniac.

  Brideshead Revisited (2008)

• The First Lady can be many things, she can be a dipsomaniac... or a kleptomaniac, she could even be a nymphomaniac... but she can never be a bimbo.

  Assassination (1987)

• You can teach a monkey to do that, and I'll take a monkey anytime... whether he's a dipsomaniac or beats his wife... over a lump of jelly like you.

  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)

• First thing tomorrow, I'll hire replacements to be insulted and ridiculed by these uncouth, overhormonal, dipsomaniac wastrels.

  Global Heresy (2002)

• After years of excessive drinking, he finally admitted he was a dipsomaniac and sought help.

• Her friends were worried when they discovered she was a dipsomaniac and often drank alone.

Synonyms

A

alcoholic

vsdipsomaniac

222 3.3

A person who is addicted to alcohol

is defined by a persistent uncontrollable craving rather than only heavy use

D

drunk

vsdipsomaniac

• Informal

137 3.5

A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often

requires a persistent uncontrollable craving rather than occasional intoxication

D

drinker

vsdipsomaniac

83 1.8

A person who often drinks alcohol

is characterised by an uncontrollable craving beyond simple regular drinking

D

drunkard

vsdipsomaniac

17 5.5

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

involves uncontrollable craving that explains continued heavy drinking

L

lush

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

6 7.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

points to an inner uncontrollable craving rather than only repeated heavy drinking

B

boozer

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

3 9.4

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is marked by an uncontrollable craving beyond habitual heavy drinking

S

sot

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

2 9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is driven by a strong internal craving rather than mere habitual drunkenness

S

souse

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who drinks too much alcohol most of the time

centres on an irresistible craving rather than just frequent intoxication

A

alky

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

1 9.9

A rude word for a person who often drinks too much alcohol

focuses on uncontrollable craving rather than insulting or informal naming

I

inebriate

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

1 9.8

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

shows internal uncontrollable craving rather than only chronic intoxication

S

soaker

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

1 9.2

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is about a persistent craving causing the repeated heavy drinking

D

dipso

vsdipsomaniac

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

emphasizes the inner uncontrollable craving rather than being a casual slang label

I

imbiber

vsdipsomaniac

1 8.4

A person who drinks alcohol a lot

is driven by an inner uncontrollable craving rather than occasional heavy drinking

T

two-fisted drinker

vsdipsomaniac

• Slang

9.3

A person who drinks a lot of alcohol quickly

is about a persistent uncontrollable craving rather than fast drinking episodes

Antonyms

T

teetotaler

• US

5 7.5

A person who never drinks alcohol

How Addicted

dipsomaniac

• Archaic

1 9.9

alcoholic

222 3.3

drinker

83 1.8

social drinker

2 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology