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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
Noun
a person who is addicted to alcohol
Adjective
of or relating to alcohol
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alcoholicalcoholic - 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.alcoholicalcoholic - 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 1. drunkard, drinker, drunk, boozer (informal) toper, soak (slang) lush (slang) sponge (informal) carouser, sot, tippler, wino (informal) inebriate, dipsomaniac, hard drinker, tosspot (informal) alky (slang) alko or alco Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] adj, nalcohólico/a m/f
French alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] alcohol adj, nalcoolique (m/f)
German alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] alcohol adjalkoholisch
nAlkoholiker(in) m(f)

Italian alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] adjalcolico/a
nalcolizzato/a

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And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.
For a minute, alcoholic fumes kept the captain speechless.
Even to her mother's gaze the girl's young features looked sadly out of place amid the alcoholic vapours which floated here as no unsuitable medium for wrinkled middle-age; and hardly was a reproachful flash from Tess's dark eyes needed to make her father and mother rise from their seats, hastily finish their ale, and descend the stairs behind her, Mrs Rolliver's caution following their footsteps.
 
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