drunkard
17
5.5
- noun
- /ˈdrʌŋkərd/
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borracho
- Living with a drunkard can be exhausting, as they often prioritize alcohol over responsibilities.
It's the same way that being drunk differs from being a drunkard, and being afraid differs from being fearful.
- It's the same way that being drunk differs from being a drunkard, and being afraid differs from being fearful.
- When we recline at dinner, one is wiping up gobs of spit, another crawling under the couch to pick up the scraps the drunkards let fall.
Examples
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He was a confirmed drunkard.
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As far as I was concerned, I was just a fish vendor with a drunkard for a husband.
Fiction book (2000) -
TOM: I promise I'll never become a drunkard, mother.
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Master, my father is a drunkard.
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Now, before you say I'm just a sorry drunkard... let me state my case.
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I may be a failure and a drunkard and other things, but I am not third-rate.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was wondering, Major, if you come from... ...a long line of drunkards?
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Even the communal shepherd, formerly a notorious female drunkard, is a daily visitor of the church.
Academic text (1990) -
Many predicted that the next generation would mature to be law-breakers and habitual drunkards.
Academic text (2010) -
Increase Mather preached a sermon entitled "Woe to Drunkards" in 1673, but such warnings were few and far between.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
222
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
20
8.9
A person who drinks a lot of cheap alcohol and often lives on the street
6
7.9
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
3
9.4
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
2
9.9
A person who often drinks too much and behaves foolishly
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
1
7.7
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
1
9.9
A person who drinks alcohol too much
1
9.9
A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
1
9.8
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
1
9.2
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
1
8.6
A person who drinks too much alcohol
1
8.4
A person who drinks alcohol a lot
A person in a town who often drinks too much and people know it
A person who spends a lot of time drinking at bars
A person who drinks a lot of alcohol quickly
A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk
A person who drinks too much alcohol
A person who drinks too much wine
A person who drinks too much and always buys expensive alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
Antonyms
Compounds
How Habitual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drunkard comes from drunk + -ard. Here drunk comes from the old verb for 'to drink' and the suffix -ard turns it into a person who does something a lot, so a drunkard is someone who often gets drunk and the word is not polite.