sottish

adjective

sot·​tish ˈsä-tish 

: resembling a sot : drunken

also : doltish, stupid

sottishly adverb

sottishness noun

Synonyms

• besotted
• blasted [slang]
• blind
• blitzed [slang]
• blotto [slang]
• bombed
• boozy
• canned [slang]
• cockeyed
• crocked
• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• gassed
• hammered [slang]
• high
• impaired
• inebriate
• inebriated
• intoxicated
• juiced [slang]
• lit
• lit up
• loaded [slang]
• looped
• oiled [slang]
• pickled
• pie-eyed
• plastered
• potted [slang]
• ripped [slang]
• sloshed [slang]
• smashed [slang]
• soused
• sozzled
• squiffed
• squiffy
• stewed
• stiff
• stinking [slang]
• stoned
• tanked [slang]
• tiddly [chiefly British]
• tight
• tipsy
• wasted [slang]
• wet
• wiped out [slang]

Examples of sottish in a Sentence

you could smell the whiskey on her sottish aunt's breath from a block away!

a comic actor who frequently played the sottish curmudgeon

Recent Examples on the Web

So long as those parties retained their strength and credibility, the loud-mouthery of its sottish president could be winced at, but need not inspire much worry. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above