sots
Slaves to liquor
Sots is the plural of sot, a person who habitually drinks to excess—a drunkard.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, carrying a tone of mild contempt or pity: The tavern was full of sots nursing their ale.
Unlike "alcoholic," which implies disease, sot suggests moral failing or foolishness.
Addicted to drinking
- tipplerRegular light drinker
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- inebriateChronic heavy drinker
toper · dipsomaniac · barfly · wino · guzzler · imbiber · bibber · drinker
Affected by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
wasted · blotto · sozzled · sloshed · pickled · smashed · tanked · legless
Noisily disorderly
- unrulyDifficult to control
- boisterousNoisily cheerful and energetic
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
reckless · sloppy · careless · disheveled · slovenly · unkempt · staggering · slurring
alcoholic
Addicted to drinking
inebriate · toper · dipsomaniac · barfly · wino · guzzler · imbiber · bibber · drinker · soak
intoxicated
Affected by alcohol
plastered · wasted · blotto · sozzled · sloshed · pickled · smashed · tanked · legless · fuddled
rowdy
Noisily disorderly
- unrulyDifficult to control
- boisterousNoisily cheerful and energetic
- raucousLoud and disorderly
disorderly · reckless · sloppy · careless · disheveled · slovenly · unkempt · staggering · slurring · bleary-eyed
sotsteetotalers
Those avoiding all alcohol
abstainers · teetotallers · nondrinkers · prohibitionists · dry
sotssober
Free from intoxication
ascetics · abstemious · temperate · moderate · self-disciplined