drunkard

[ druhng-kerd ]

noun

, Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.

   Synonyms: tippler, sot, lush

   Antonyms: teetotaler

drunkard

/ ˈdrʌŋkəd /

noun

1. a person who is frequently or habitually drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of drunkard¹

First recorded in 1520–40; drunk, -ard

Synonym Study

See inebriate.

Example Sentences

Johnny Cash gave Kristofferson a No. 1 country hit — and opened innumerable doors for him in Nashville — with his rendition of this searching drunkard’s lament, which Cash recorded live at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium during a taping of his popular ABC variety show.

From Los Angeles Times

"When he found out, he became a total drunkard. He died after he was hit by a moving vehicle. These organisations destroyed my home."

From BBC

I wrote an off-Broadway musical called the Drunkard.

From BBC

Robertson and Helm concocted a drunkard’s love letter to his poison of choice.

From Los Angeles Times

My father met his French-speaking friends in Lowell’s clubs and, though he was too old to appreciate Kerouac, he would have seen him as less a “habitant” than a son of Lowell — a football player, a drunkard and a novelist.

From New York Times