hard-drinking
Often at bars
Hard-drinking describes someone who drinks alcohol frequently and in large quantities: a hard-drinking journalist, his hard-drinking days in college.
The term suggests habitual heavy consumption without necessarily implying addiction—more a lifestyle choice than a medical condition.
It often carries a faint air of rugged romanticism.
Post-drinking illness
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- liver damageHarm to detoxifying organ
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- dependencyState of needing support
withdrawal · blackout · bender · on the wagon · rehab · sobriety · recovery · intervention
Addicted to drinking
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
- drunkardChronic heavy drinker
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- pub crawlerOne touring multiple taverns
bar regular · tippler · sot · imbiber · carouser · inebriate · functioning alcoholic · wine lover
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- writerCreator of texts
- poetWriter of verse
Bukowski · Dylan Thomas · bohemian · dissolute · debauched · rakish · roguish · fast living
Excessive masculine pride
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
- sailorSeafaring crew member
soldier · cowboy · bravado · camaraderie · bonhomie · toasting · rounds · shout
hangover
Post-drinking illness
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- liver damageHarm to detoxifying organ
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
dependency · withdrawal · blackout · bender · on the wagon · rehab · sobriety · recovery · intervention · AA
alcoholic
Addicted to drinking
pub crawler · bar regular · tippler · sot · imbiber · carouser · inebriate · functioning alcoholic · wine lover · beer enthusiast
Hemingway
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- writerCreator of texts
Bukowski · Dylan Thomas · poet · bohemian · dissolute · debauched · rakish · roguish · fast living · noir
machismo
Excessive masculine pride
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
sailor · soldier · cowboy · bravado · camaraderie · bonhomie · toasting · rounds · shout · pub culture
hard-drinkingteetotal
Avoiding all alcohol
sober · abstinent · dry · abstemious · temperate
hard-drinkingteetotaling
Refusing alcoholic beverages
temperate · abstemious · prohibitionist · clean-living · moderate
hard, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardness, hardly, hardship