lush
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7.9
- noun
- /lʌʃ/
- Offensive
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- When she stumbled into the meeting, her colleagues whispered that she was a notorious lush.
Examples
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In case you hadn't noticed, Michael's a serious lush.
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Just what we need around here-- another lush.
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Maybe to you, but I'm a lush by nature.
Fiction book (1999) -
Mrs. Wallace is a lush.
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He was a terrible lush.
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He is nothing but a drunken lush crying in his beer.
Blog text (8) -
She's a real lush.
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Everyone at the party knew he was a lush after he had three drinks in the first hour.
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After years of drinking, he finally accepted that he was a functioning lush.
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who is addicted to alcohol
137
3.5
A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often
83
1.8
A person who often drinks alcohol
17
5.5
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.4
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
2
9.9
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
1
9.9
A person who drinks too much alcohol most of the time
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9.9
A person who drinks alcohol too much
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7.7
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.2
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.8
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.9
A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
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8.6
A person who drinks too much alcohol
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8.4
A person who drinks alcohol a lot
A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who drinks too much and always buys expensive alcohol
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Etymology
Lush as a noun is old slang for a person who drinks too much; it comes from the idea of being 'full of drink', so calling someone a lush means they often drink heavily.