What is another word for sot?

Pronunciation: [sˈɒt] (IPA)

"Sot" is a term that refers to an alcoholic person who is habitually drunk. This word is often used in a negative context and can be seen as derogatory. In order to avoid using such language, there are various synonyms for this word that can be used to convey a similar meaning. These synonyms include terms like drunkard, inebriate, tippler, alcoholic, lush, and boozer. All of these words express a person's tendency to drink excessively and frequently, without necessarily using judgmental or pejorative terms. Choosing a more neutral synonym can help to eliminate any negative connotations associated with the label of "sot".

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What are the hypernyms for Sot?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for sot?

The word "sot" refers to someone who is habitually intoxicated with alcohol. Its antonyms are words that convey the opposite meaning of being sober and abstaining from alcohol. Some antonyms for "sot" are teetotaler, abstainer, nondrinker, temperance, and sobriety. Teetotalers refer to individuals who do not drink any alcohol at all by choice or for religious reasons. Abstainers and nondrinkers are people who have given up alcohol as a personal choice, while temperance suggests self-control and moderation in drinking. Sobriety refers to the state of being sober and clear-headed. By using these antonyms, we can describe someone not only as sober, but also as responsible and in control of their actions.

What are the antonyms for Sot?

Usage examples for Sot

We sot out nothe-nothe-east, and this here course is due nothe, which ain't at all proper.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
I don't care what has happened to it, and it may be a good road all the same, but it ain't the course we sot out on, and so it's the wrong one to take, and I ain't going to take it.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
After I got your letter, I sot down and writ the Kernel, askin his opinion as to printin the Letters in book form, and he wrote back to me rite off, saying I must do it without fale.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith

Famous quotes with Sot

  • Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base submit.
    Butler
  • Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender.
    James Russell Lowell
  • I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go, And pointed satire runs him through and through.
    John Oldham (poet)
  • I don't beleaf in bad luck being sot for a man, like a trap, but i hav known lots ov folks, who if thare waz enny fust rate bad luck lieing around loose, would be sure tew git one foot in it enny how.
    Josh Billings
  • The Jew is not a disturber of the peace of any country. Even his enemies will concede that. He is not a loafer, he is not a sot, he is not noisy, he is not a brawler nor a rioter, he is not quarrelsome. In the statistics of crime his presence is conspicuously rare — in all countries. With murder and other crimes of violence he has but little to do: he is a stranger to the hangman. In the police court's daily long roll of "assaults" and "drunk and disorderlies" his name seldom appears ...
    Mark Twain

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