sot

noun

ˈsät How to pronounce sot (audio)
Definition of sotnext
as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk a sot who was arrested after a bar fight

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Recent Examples of sot The Rangers, who held a 16-7 sot advantage in the second, stormed the B’s zone after that and Korpisalo did start to battle well. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production. — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager. — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 8 Apr. 2023 Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023 Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars. — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sot
  1. alcoholic
  2. drunk
Noun
  • Evidence increasingly suggests alcohol is so toxic that no amount is truly risk-free — regardless of whether somebody is an alcoholic or not.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Well, in the rooms of recovery, we are taught that your very specific story will help another alcoholic who is struggling with the same thing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of alcoholic
Noun
  • Nothing that would actually stop a person, a child, a wheelchair or a stumbling drunk from going straight into the water.
    — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Then she, once again, intimates that Shannon is a drunk, which makes Shannon storm off into the night.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of drunk

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“Sot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sot. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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