Synonyms for drunkard
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : druhng-kerd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kərd |
Top 10 synonyms for drunkard Other synonyms for the word drunkard
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for drunkard
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