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View synonyms for sottish

sottish

[ sot-ish ]

adjective

  1. stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken.
  2. given to excessive drinking.
  3. pertaining to or befitting a sot.


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Other Words From

  • sottish·ly adverb
  • sottish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sottish1

First recorded in 1560–70; sot + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

Instead of his former gracefulness, he appeared sottish and vulgar, which made me extremely reserved with him.

Where should a man find any one so sottish as would make a doubt which of these to prefer in his choice?

Deering's grin was sottish, the fellow was grossly fat, and he fixed his greedy glance on Stannard's note-book.

And therefore, Secondly, Wilt thou be so sottish and unwise, as to venture thy soul upon a little uncertain time?

The idea of making war can nowadays only enter the brain of a sottish bourgeois or a belated romantic.

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