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alcoholic
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al·co·hol·ic  (lk-hôlk, -hlk)
adj.
1. Related to or resulting from alcohol.
2. Containing or preserved in alcohol.
3. Suffering from alcoholism.
n.
A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.

al·co·holi·cal·ly adv.

alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk]
n
(Psychiatry) a person affected by alcoholism
adj
of, relating to, containing, or resulting from alcohol
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alcoholic - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habituallyalcoholic - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker
Adj.1.alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks"
nonalcoholic - characterized by the absence of alcohol; "nonalcoholic beverages"
2.alcoholic - addicted to alcoholalcoholic - addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
addicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"

alcoholic
noun
drunkard, drinker, drunk, boozer (informal), toper, soak (slang), lush (slang), sponge (informal), carouser, sot, tippler, wino (informal), inebriate, dipsomaniac, hard drinker, piss artist (slang), tosspot (informal), pisshead (slang), alky (slang) He admitted publicly that he was an alcoholic.
adjective
Translations
alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk]
A. ADJalcohólico
alcoholic drinksbebidas fpl alcohólicas
B. Nalcohólico/a m/f, alcoholizado/a m/f

alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk]
adj
[person] → alcoolique
his alcoholic father → son père alcoolique
[drink] → alcoolisé(e)
nalcoolique mf
He's an alcoholic → C'est un alcoolique.

alcoholic
adj drinkalkoholisch; personalkoholsüchtig, trunksüchtig
n (person) → Alkoholiker(in) m(f), → Trinker(in) m(f); to be an alcoholicAlkoholiker(in) or Trinker(in) sein; Alcoholics AnonymousAnonyme Alkoholiker pl

alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk]
1. adjalcolico/a
2. nalcolizzato/a

alcoholic سكير, كحولي alkoholický, alkoholik alkoholiker, alkoholisk Alkoholiker, alkoholisch αλκοολικός, οινοπνευματώδης alcohólico alkoholi-, alkoholisti alcoolique, alcoolisé alkoholičan, alkoholičar alcolico, alcolista アルコールの, アルコール中毒者 알코올 중독자, 알코올의 alcoholisch, alcoholist alkoholholdig, alkoholiker alkoholik, alkoholowy alcoólatra, alcoólico алкоголик, алкогольный alkholhaltig, alkoholist ซึ่งติดเหล้า, ผู้ติดเหล้า alkolik, alkollü nghiện rượu, người nghiện rượu 含酒精的, 酒鬼


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