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boozy

boozy

7 7.7
Full of alcohol or involving a lot of drinking
  • adjective
  • /ˈbuː.zi/
  • Informal
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  • "She'd had too much to drink; her voice sounded boozy and tearful.
  • boozy brunch
  • boozy lunch
  • boozy night

My choices are I'm a boozy slut or a complete idiot.

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Examples

  • Day and night cookouts and beach parties and boozy days on the lake and weddings.

  • Actress Sanaa Lathan, who plays Vera, is at her best here as the boozy, Vegas-saturated diva, resplendent in a mod Pucci outfit.

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  • You see, my dear boozy mother used to get these letters every month.

  • His breath was boozy as he said, "We got some matters to discuss."

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Is it fair to say it was more of a boozy BBQ than a wedding?

  • I imagined a short stroll and a boozy pub lunch.

  • A little bit of bourbon—just three ounces—goes a long way in this boozy dessert.

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  • Hurricane Sandy Sunday started with a boozy brunch at Harlem Tavern with a friend of Bohoken's.

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  • The strange thing about Reagan was when he was a young star in Hollywood, he hung out with Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien and all these boozy stars.

  • After a long, hard week, we enjoyed a boozy night out at our favorite bar.

Synonyms

drunken
vsboozy
168 2.8

Having too much alcohol in the body and behaving loudly or strangely

describes places or people associated with drinking rather than showing intoxication
alcoholic
vsboozy
32 3.7

Containing alcohol, for example beer or wine

focuses on active consumption or liking rather than content or cause
hammered
vsboozy
  • Slang
1 8.4

Very drunk from drinking alcohol

is milder, describing alcohol involvement or fondness rather than extreme intoxication
bibulous
vsboozy
  • Literature
9.9

Fond of drinking a lot of alcohol

is the informal everyday way to say someone likes or drinks often
bacchantic
vsboozy
  • Archaic
9.9

Very wild and noisy because people are drinking and celebrating

applies to normal drinking or fondness, not to violent or chaotic revels

Antonyms

269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

7.4

Someone who does not drink alcohol

How Alcoholic

alcoholic
32 3.7
boozy
  • Informal
7 7.7

Surface Forms

boozy positive

Morphology

boozy = booze (transparent) = booze + y

Productive adjective formation: 'booze' + '-y' clearly yields 'characterized by or given to drinking', which a B1 learner can infer.

Etymology

Boozy comes from the slang word booze, which means 'alcohol', plus the small ending -y that means 'full of' or 'having'. So, boozy simply means 'full of alcohol' or someone who likes to drink.