ALCOHOLIC


Meaning of ALCOHOLIC in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ chronic

▪ raging ( AmE , informal )

▪ recovering

▪ recovered ( esp. AmE ), reformed

VERB + ALCOHOLIC

▪ become

Taylor was becoming an ~ because of the stress of his job.

ALCOHOLIC + VERB

▪ recover

I don't think an ~ can recover without proper medical help.

II.

adj.

Alcoholic is used with these nouns: ↑ drink , ↑ excess , ↑ father , ↑ liquor , ↑ strength , ↑ stupor

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