crapulous

crapulous
adj
1. drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, inebrious, bibacious, crapulent; drunken, sodden, besotted, sotted, sottish, awash, Literary. in one's cups; saturated, soused, full, Scot. fou; tipsy, grogged, fuddled, muddled, obfuscated, woozy, bleary-eyed, pie-eyed, glassy-eyed.
2.All Inf. boozy, tight, lit, lit up, lit to the gills; three or four sheets to the wind, under the sauce, pickled, high.
3. gluttonous, edacious, devouring, gormandizing, cormorant, voracious; open-mouthed, hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish, gross, self-indulgent.
4. greedy, insatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, omnivorous.

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  • crapulous — index gluttonous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • crapulous — 1530s, sick from too much drinking, from L. crapula, from Gk. kraipale hangover, drunken headache, nausea from debauching. The Romans used it for drunkenness itself. English has used it in both senses …   Etymology dictionary

  • crapulous — [krap′yo͞oləs] adj. [LL crapulosus < L crapula, drunkenness < Gr kraipalē, drunken headache < ?] 1. characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched 2. sick from such intemperance …   English World dictionary

  • crapulous — adjective 1. suffering from excessive eating or drinking crapulent sleep a crapulous stomach • Syn: ↑crapulent • Similar to: ↑gluttonous • Derivationally related forms: ↑crapulence …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crapulous — Crapulent Crap u*lent ( lent), Crapulous Crap u*lous ( l?s), a. [L. crapulentus, crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux.] Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crapulous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula intoxication, from Greek kraipalē Date: 1536 1. marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking 2. sick from excessive indulgence in liquor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crapulous — crapulously, adv. crapulousness, n. /krap yeuh leuhs/, adj. 1. given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating. 2. suffering from or due to such excess. [1530 40; < LL crapulosus. See CRAPULENT, OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • crapulous — adjective a) Characterized by excessive eating or drinking. b) Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking. Syn: crapulent, debauched, intemperate See Also: crapula …   Wiktionary

  • crapulous — crap·u·lous krap yə ləs adj 1) marked by intemperance esp. in eating or drinking 2) sick from excessive indulgence in liquor * * * crap·u·lous (krapґu ləs) crapulent …   Medical dictionary

  • crapulous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal: cock eyed, stewed. Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy,… …   English dictionary for students

  • crapulous — adj. tending to eat or drink to excess …   English contemporary dictionary

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