sottish

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das jemanden bezeichnet, der zum übermäßigen Alkoholkonsum neigt oder davon geprägt ist; betrunken oder davon benommen und stumpf.

An archaic adjective meaning inclined to or characterized by excessive drinking; drunken or stupid from drink.

1. Given to drinking alcoholC2formal

   Characterized by habitual or excessive drinking of alcohol.

   Trunksüchtig

   • His sottish behavior at the party embarrassed his family.
   • The novel's protagonist is a sottish old man who spends his days in the tavern.
   • She grew tired of his sottish habits and constant drunkenness.

   Synonymealcoholicbibulousboozydrunkeninebriateintemperate

   Antonymeabstemiousdrysoberteetotal