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
  • His recent call to add cancer warnings to alcoholic products was made without violence or yelling.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Drinking excessively can cause alcoholic hepatitis, where the liver becomes inflamed and swollen.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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
  • The Human Fear is their fantastic tribute to misspent youth and an even more dissolute adulthood.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
  • 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
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
  • Trump's second presidency set for a rocky start: Supreme Court pushback Trump has had a mixed record with the Supreme Court.
    Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • By Ana Osorno and Samantha Allen January 10, 2025 The year 2025 is off to an extremely rocky start.
    Ana Osorno, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
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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