souse
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9.9
- noun
- /saʊs/
- Offensive
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- She's an old souse maybe, but she's full of dreams.
- an old souse
Examples
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Come on now, you old souse.
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The old souse was a lot stronger than he looked.
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I'd have done the same thing to the drunken souse.
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The guy's a souse.
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A hopeless souse!
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You know, once you're a souse, no matter what you do and no matter how much you give it up, there's still a souse somewhere inside ya.
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Everyone in the neighborhood knows him as the local souse, always leaning against the bar with a drink in hand.
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Despite being a famous artist, he was often seen as just a souse, known for his excessive drinking habits.
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The old man, a notorious souse, shared tales of his youth while sipping on his favorite whiskey.
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who is addicted to alcohol
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3.5
A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often
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5.5
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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7.9
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.4
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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9.9
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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7.7
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
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9.9
A rude word for 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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9.2
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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8.4
A person who drinks alcohol a lot
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9.9
A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
Antonyms
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Etymology
Souse comes from the idea of soak, which means 'to make very wet'. So a souse is someone 'soaked' in drink, which is why it means a drunkard.