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Crapulous vs Sottish - What's the difference?

crapulous | sottish |

As adjectives the difference between crapulous and sottish

is that crapulous is characterized by excessive eating or drinking while sottish is alcoholic, drinking heavily.

crapulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
  • Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
  • Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk.

    • Synonyms

    * crapulent, debauched, intemperate

    Related terms

    * crapula * crapulence * crapulent * crapulously * crapulousness

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    sottish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • alcoholic, drinking heavily
  • drunk
  • foolish, stupid, senseless
  • :1769 -
  • :For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

    • Quotations

    *Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound. - "The Dead", from "Dubliners" by James Joyce (1914)