dipsomaniacal

adjective

Definition of dipsomaniacalnext
as in alcoholic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipsomaniacal
  1. alcoholic
  2. dissipated
  3. dissolute
  4. bibulous
  5. rocky
  6. crapulous
  7. strung out
Adjective
  • The lawsuit alleges the restaurant violated the Texas Dram Shop Act by failing to uphold its staff to safely sell alcoholic beverages.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The process was named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who refined the process to use in alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine, later adapting the method to milk as a way to remove bovine tuberculosis in the US and Europe in the early 1900s.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of alcoholic
Adjective
  • Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.
    Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
    Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022
Definition of dissipated
Adjective
  • Imbert reminds us of social change and collapse via brief flashbacks to Pierre’s dissolute life before his fall.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But as evidence of the miscarriage of justice gradually came to light — including the identity of the actual traitor, a dissolute nobleman named Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy — more people joined Dreyfus’ cause.
    Maurice Samuels / Made by History, TIME, 21 May 2024
Definition of dissolute
Adjective
  • From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
  • But how differently would the Iron Lady have handled Brexit or Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s bibulous president?
    Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
Definition of bibulous
Adjective
  • Instead of traveling over a rocky terrain covered in plenty of visual coordinating cues as originally designed, Ingenuity was forced to attempt handling a region with steep and comparatively featureless sand ripples.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Appointing Lara Trump to the Senate could be seen as a goodwill gesture from DeSantis to President-elect Trump, given their rocky relationship following the presidential primary.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of rocky
Adjective
  • Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.
    Jesse Hawley, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.
    Justin Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
Definition of crapulous
Adjective
  • After Dante Exum responded with a 3, Murray strung out the defence and found Khem Birch (who played ahead of Kelly Olynyk and Trey Lyles up front in the second half) for a layup.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
  • For one thing, the sequence of living room, dining room, and library is intentionally strung out across the longest possible distance, to provide the illusion of greater space.
    David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of strung out
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