Antonyms for dipsomaniac


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dip-suh-mey-nee-ak, -soh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪp səˈmeɪ niˌæk, -soʊ-


Definition of dipsomaniac

Origin :
  • "drunkard," 1858, from dipsomania; slang shortening dipso is from 1880.
  • As in wino : noun drunk
  • As in drinker : noun tippler
  • As in problem drinker : noun alcoholic
  • As in drunkard : noun one who drinks too much
  • As in rummy : noun drunkard
  • As in sot : noun drunkard
  • As in tippler : noun drunkard
  • As in alcoholic : noun drunk
  • As in drunk/drunkard : noun person who is inebriated
Example sentences :
  • Why do they not ring the bell and remove the dipsomaniac prize-fighter?
  • Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton
  • I liked him very much, but, unlike most Mahomedans, he was a dipsomaniac.
  • Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
  • When he came up he was within arm's reach of the dipsomaniac.
  • Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde
  • This physician finds from the evidence that Poe was a dipsomaniac.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
  • In England a spendthrift or dipsomaniac can only be controlled when he has spent all his money.
  • Extract from : « Woman and Womanhood » by C. W. Saleeby
  • Nelda is the nymphomaniac sister, and Geraldine is the dipsomaniac.
  • Extract from : « Murder in the Gunroom » by Henry Beam Piper
  • He must no more trifle with the girl than a dipsomaniac with the brandy bottle!
  • Extract from : « Home Again » by George MacDonald
  • Remember what I said as to the phenomena presented by the dreamer, the hypnotic subject, the dipsomaniac, the narcomaniac.
  • Extract from : « The Gilded Man » by Clifford Smyth
  • I know now that he really was a dipsomaniac of a somewhat unusual kind.
  • Extract from : « The Record of Nicholas Freydon » by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
  • The present Duke had none of the spirit or sense of his ancestors, and was, moreover, a dipsomaniac.
  • Extract from : « Court Beauties of Old Whitehall » by W. R. H. Trowbridge

Synonyms for dipsomaniac

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