drunkard Definition
drunk·ard (druŋk′ərd)
drunkard Synonyms
drunkard
n.
drunkard Usage Examples
Possessives
walk: Apparent direction comes from trends that are almost as unpredictable as a drunkard's walk.
Converse of object
- become: Owl broth was given to children to prevent them from becoming drunkards in later life.
- confirm: Think of a confirmed drunkard, or a confirmed thief, or a confirmed liar.
- see: Not an oath is heard, or a drunkard seen, among them.
- reclaim: Quarrels were made up, drunkards reclaimed, adulterers converted and murderers revealed and pardoned.
- mouth: We see him change from being a chubby, loud mouthed drunkard to being a lean, mean, laconic, vengeance machine.
- have: I'm not having these boastful drunkards repairing my car.
Adjective modifier
- habitual: The Clerk: He charges you with being an habitual drunkard.
- poor: Take the case of the poor drunkard, for instance.
- old: A scruffy old drunkard comes to the hospital looking for his son.
- notorious: Her son also became a brilliant painter - unfortunately, he was also one of Montmartre's most notorious drunkards.
- violent: And then the new cook had proved to be a violent, intermittent drunkard.
- few: A few ragged drunkards stood at a distance, but were not suffered to make a noise till I had done.
Noun used with modifier
town: Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard.
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