crapulous
/ˈkɹæpjʊləs/
crapulous adjective: characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
Adjective
crapulous (comparative more crapulous, superlative most crapulous)
- Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- Now I hear that you've dispensed with Roger's services, presumably to throw your lot in with my brother and his gang of crapulous shills.2021, “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (21:47 from the start), in Succession, season 3, episode 5, spoken by Ewan Roy (James Cromwell)
- Synonyms:
- debauched, intemperate
- Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
- Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating.
- By the time Swelter's monologue was dragging to its crapulous close, Mr. Flay was pacing onwards […]1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
- He was in a crapulous state of booze, too, and demanded another thirty shillings.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 71
Synonyms of crapulous
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- queasy
- sick
- sick to one's stomach
- vomity
- Adrian Quist
- adrip
- aled up
- all mops and brooms
- arseholed
- a sheet in the wind
- a sheet in the wind's eye
- bedrunken
- befuddled
- beliquored
- besotted
- besotten
- bevvied
- bibacious
- bibulous
- binned
- bingoed
- bladdered
- blasted
- blewed
- blind
- blind drunk
- blitzed
- blocked
- blootered
- blottoed
Forms of crapulous
| comparative | more crapulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most crapulous |
Origin of crapulous
From late Middle English crapulous, from Latin crapulosus (“drunken”), from crapula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Compare French crapuleux. Unrelated to the word crap.
Questions about crapulous
- What does crapulous mean?
- Crapulous means characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- What part of speech is crapulous?
- Crapulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce crapulous?
- Crapulous is pronounced /ˈkɹæpjʊləs/.
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