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alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk] n (Psychiatry) a person affected by alcoholism adj
of, relating to, containing, or resulting from alcohol ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
alcoholic noun adjective intoxicating, hard, strong, stiff, brewed, fermented, distilled, vinous, inebriating, spirituous, inebriant tea, coffee, and alcoholic beverages Alcoholic drinksapéritif, busera, Campari (trademark), chaser, cider, cyder, or (U.S. & Canad.) hard cider, caudle, Cinzano (trademark), cocktail, cordial, dram, Dubonnet (trademark), elderberry wine, frappé, French vermouth, ginger wine, glogg, gluhwein, grog, hippocras, Irish coffee or Gaelic coffee, Italian vermouth, kvass, kvas, or quass, liqueur, malt liquor, Martini (trademark), mead, mulled wine, negus, nor'wester, palm wine, posset, pousse-café, pulque, sake, saké, saki, or rice wine, samshu, shooter, skokiaan, slammer, snakebite, soma, spruce beer, toddy, vermouth, waragi Translations alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk] B. N → alcohólico/a m/f, alcoholizado/a m/f alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk] adj [drink] → alcoolisé(e) alcoholic adj drink → alkoholisch; person → alkoholsüchtig, trunksüchtig n (person) → Alkoholiker(in) m(f), → Trinker(in) m(f); to be an alcoholic → Alkoholiker(in) or Trinker(in) sein; Alcoholics Anonymous → Anonyme Alkoholiker pl alcoholic [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk] 1. adj → alcolico/a 2. n → alcolizzato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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