alcoholic

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UK /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/ US /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/

adj 3noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

chronic | reformed

VERB + ALCOHOLIC

become, turn into

After losing his job, he gradually became an alcoholic and lost his family.

ALCOHOLIC + VERB

dry out, recover

After spending months in treatment, he finally recovered and rebuilt his relationship with his family.

Definitions

noun

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes Daddy was an alcoholic

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

One who abuses alcohol.

adj

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

adjective — addicted to alcohol

alcohol-dependent

Antonyms

nonalcoholic

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes Daddy was an alcoholic

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Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

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He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

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The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

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A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths.

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If you go on drinking so much, you may well end up an alcoholic.

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