as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
he's a famous writer and an infamous boozehound
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Recent Examples of boozehound
Ordinary rebels — even ones born from boozehounds — taking down a dictator are inspirational.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Post Malone, pop’s premier sad sack boozehound, makes his first long-form foray into pure country music.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 16 Aug. 2024
Before becoming the bloodshot boozehound on Shameless, Oscar nominee William H. Macy already had a prolific career, starring in major films like Fargo (1996) Boogie Nights (1997), Air Force One (1997), Pleasantville (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001), and Seabiscuit (2003).
—Huntley Woods, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
Her supervisor is habitually late boozehound Inspector Stoppard, played by a miscast Sam Rockwell, whose accent work isn’t bad, but who nonetheless lacks the quintessentially British qualities required for a role that would have been a better fit for a David Tennant, Ewan McGregor or Rhys Ifans.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman—poet, pedagogue, boozehound, and symphonic self-destroyer—may not be heard straining toward the condition of music.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
Before you pigeonhole me as a full-on dipsomaniac (that’s a fancy way to say boozehound), allow me to explain that many rum distilleries in Martinique offer more than a linoleum tasting counter and a gift shop.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
Sotto’s restaurant has had one of Los Angeles’s most relevant bar programs for years, and boozehounds will love their extensive selection of hard-to-find Italian amaros, and the seasonal cocktails.
—Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Post Malone, pop’s premier sad sack boozehound, makes his first long-form foray into pure country music.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 16 Aug. 2024
Before becoming the bloodshot boozehound on Shameless, Oscar nominee William H. Macy already had a prolific career, starring in major films like Fargo (1996) Boogie Nights (1997), Air Force One (1997), Pleasantville (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001), and Seabiscuit (2003).
—Huntley Woods, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
Her supervisor is habitually late boozehound Inspector Stoppard, played by a miscast Sam Rockwell, whose accent work isn’t bad, but who nonetheless lacks the quintessentially British qualities required for a role that would have been a better fit for a David Tennant, Ewan McGregor or Rhys Ifans.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman—poet, pedagogue, boozehound, and symphonic self-destroyer—may not be heard straining toward the condition of music.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
Before you pigeonhole me as a full-on dipsomaniac (that’s a fancy way to say boozehound), allow me to explain that many rum distilleries in Martinique offer more than a linoleum tasting counter and a gift shop.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
Sotto’s restaurant has had one of Los Angeles’s most relevant bar programs for years, and boozehounds will love their extensive selection of hard-to-find Italian amaros, and the seasonal cocktails.
—Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boozehound
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At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.—
Kyle McGovern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This is a man who is the child of two alcoholics.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Geer pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and vehicular assault for a drunk-driving crash last November that killed a Golden police officer and injured three other people, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Boozehound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boozehound. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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