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Meanings of alcoholic in English

Portuguese
borracho
Catalan
borratxo
Spanish
dipsómano

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

      borracho
      Portuguese
      alcoólico
      Catalan
      alcohòlic
      Spanish
      alcohólico

      Characteristic of or containing alcohol.

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            alcoólico

            Addicted to alcohol.

                  Related terms

                  A person who regularly consumes a lot of alcohol and is addicted to it.

                        Usage of alcoholic in English
                        1
                        However, genetic susceptibility to alcoholic pancreatitis is still a matter of debate.
                        Pubmed
                        2
                        This follows a Government decision to lift price controls on alcoholic drinks.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        Consumers paid more for household furnishings, new vehicles, alcoholic beverages and education.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        Australia is an alcoholic; we need to rethink the way we drink.
                        News.com.au
                        5
                        He, of course, wanted nothing alcoholic, so I gave him a Coke.
                        My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
                        6
                        Background: Gastric carcinoma occurs at a high rate in alcoholic Japanese men.
                        Pubmed
                        7
                        She knew alcohol was banned but she wasn't an alcoholic-farfrom it.
                        The clouds beneath the sun
                        8
                        Alan's father, an abusive alcoholic, abandoned the family when Alan was seven.
                        No More Mr. Nice Guy!
                        9
                        Large glass containers hold their famous mildly alcoholic tej or honey mead.
                        Radio NZ
                        10
                        Danelle continued doing so until she became an alcoholic at age 13.
                        Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
                        11
                        The minister was an alcoholic, who had lost faith in his parishoners.
                        The new yorker
                        12
                        She raised her hand and said, I'm Charlie, and I'm an alcoholic.
                        Lit: a memoir
                        13
                        His father was an alcoholic whom police treated roughly in many run-ins.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        I remember what Lindsay said then, about Juliet's dad being an alcoholic.
                        Before I fall
                        15
                        In May he dissolved the partnership with his alcoholic colleague George Marks.
                        The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
                        16
                        Suddenly an idea mingled with the alcoholic fumes that disturbed his brain.
                        Selected Stories of Bret Harte
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