lushy

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/ˈlʌ.ʃi/

adjective

Given to drinking alcohol.

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Meanings

adjectivelushy (comparative lushier, superlative lushiest)

comparative lushier · superlative lushiest

  1. Given to drinking alcohol.

    Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!

    1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book

    Synonyms: alcoholic, bibacious, bibulous, boozy, sottish

  2. Drunk; tipsy.

    Synonyms: drunk

  3. Lush; growing abundantly.

    A foreground of lushy meadow-grass, intersected by a streamlet, the light of an afternoon-sun glistening amid the foliage, which occupies two-thirds of the background; […]

    1866, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveGiven to drinking alcohol.

Similar
alcoholicbibaciousbibulousboozysottish

adjectiveDrunk; tipsy.

Similar
drunk
Also see
merry

Origin

From lush + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lushy

mushybrushyslushyplushieahjussilushieplushy
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Cite this entry
APA

lushy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lushy

MLA

“lushy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lushy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lushy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lushy.

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