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Sottish vs Drunken - What's the difference?

sottish | drunken |

As adjectives the difference between sottish and drunken

is that sottish is alcoholic, drinking heavily while drunken is drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.

As a verb drunken is

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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)

    drunken

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
  • * "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."
  • drunken''' noodles; '''drunken''' duck; '''drunken fried rice

    Synonyms

    * drunk; see also

    Derived terms

    * drunken noodles