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Antonyms for alcoholic

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : al-kuh-haw-lik, -hol-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæl kəˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk

Definition of alcoholic

Origin :
  • 1790, "of or pertaining to alcohol;" see alcohol + -ic. Meaning "caused by drunkenness" is attested by 1872; meaning "habitually drunk" by 1910. Noun sense of "one who is addicted to drinking in excess, chronic drunkard, old rounder" is recorded from 1891; earlier alcoholist (1888). Alcoholics Anonymous founded 1935 in Akron, Ohio, U.S. Alky is first recorded 1844 as a slang shortening of "alcoholic liquor;" 1960 in the sense of "a drunkard."
  • adj intoxicating
  • noun drunk
Example sentences :
  • This was undoubtedly a case of alcoholic blastophthoria and not ordinary heredity.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The huge still continued to trickle forth its alcoholic sweat.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • An alcoholic reek like that from old brandy casks issued from his mouth.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Do not drink beer or whisky, or any other alcoholic liquors.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • His garrulity might have an alcoholic basis, but his wits were clear enough.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Wine, it should be said, is the product of alcoholic fermentation of the grape.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • There does not appear to have been any reason for this except that of alcoholic viciousness.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • The authors have investigated the action of alcoholic solutions of soda also.
  • Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
  • The alcoholic is always a prophet of doom; and the wish is often father to the thought.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • The old, the diseased, and the alcoholic are more apt to succumb, also the newborn.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) » by Various

Synonyms for alcoholic

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