A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.
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Dipsomania
/ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
Synonyms for "dipsomania" (74 found)
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Noun(1 words)
a habitabuliaacquired toleranceacute alcoholismaddictednessaddictionalcoholic addictionalcoholic psychosisalcoholismamphetamine withdrawal symptomsarteriosclerotic psychosisbarbiturate addictionbarbiturismbottle nose
Strong matches (22)
certifiabilitychain smokingchronic alcoholismcirrhosiscocainismcrashcravingdelirium tremensdementia paralyticadependencedrug addictiondrug culturedrug dependencedrunkennessebriosityfolie du doutefunctional psychosisgeneral paralysisgeneral paresis
Noun(3 words)
drinking compulsiondrinking maniadrinking problem
Related words (37)
grog blossomhabithabitual drunkennesshabituationheavy drinkingmetabolic psychosismoral insanityneurosisnicotine addictionoenomaniaoinomaniaorganic psychosisparalytic dementiapathological drunkennessphysical dependencepresenile dementiaprison psychosisproblem drinkingpsychological dependencepsychopathia
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psychopathia sexualispsychopathic conditionpsychopathic personalitypsychopathypsychosissenile dementiasenile psychosissenilitysexual pathologysituational psychosissyphilitic paresistolerancetoxic psychosiswithdrawal sicknesswithdrawal symptoms
Noun(2 words)
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3 entriesalcohol dependencedrinking disorderhabitual drunkenness
Collocations
5 entriesacute dipsomaniachronic dipsomaniaepisodic dipsomaniahistorical dipsomaniasevere dipsomania
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3 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."
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Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.
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