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BOOZY (boozier, booziest)

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Irregular inflected forms: boozier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, booziest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does boozy mean? 

BOOZY (adjective)
  The adjective BOOZY has 1 sense:

1. given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholplay

  Familiarity information: BOOZY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOOZY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

Synonyms:

bibulous; boozy; drunken; sottish

Context example:

sottish behavior

Similar:

drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Derivation:

booze (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)


 Context examples 


When did ever a gentleman o' fortune show his stern to that much dollars for a boozy old seaman with a blue mug—and him dead too?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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