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Antonyms for drunkard


Grammar : Noun
Spell : druhng-kerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kərd



Definition of drunkard

Origin :
  • 1520s, droncarde, but probably older (attested from late 13c. as a surname, Druncard), from Middle English dronken, participial adjective from drunk (q.v.), + -ard.
  • noun one who drinks too much
Example sentences :
  • It is bad enough as it is,—a drunkard for a father, and we nothing more than beggars!
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I am like the drunkard who admires a temperate life, yet can't pass a ginshop.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He couldn't have had a very good time; his father was a drunkard.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • “Sure sign of a drunkard,” he returned wisely, in a similar undertone.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Charlie was not only a drunkard still, but the “crook” he was supposed to be.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • That was what distinguished him from the drunkard and the drug-taker.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • There are those who claim that he was unjust to Cooke, making him more of a drunkard than he really was.
  • Extract from : « Andr » by William Dunlap
  • Now and again they stepped off the pavement to leave room for some drunkard who had fallen there.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • A good worker like him, not a loafer or a drunkard, he could have understood in that case.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Just then Coupeau stood up to make the drunkard's sign of the cross.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for drunkard

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