sad drunk

English

Noun

sad drunk (plural sad drunks)

  1. (idiomatic) A person who is gloomy or depressed when intoxicated, unable to retain reasonable control of their mental and emotional faculties.
    Antonyms: happy drunk, good drunk
    • 1987, Andrew M. Greeley, chapter 2, in Patience of a Saint, Warner Books, page 16:
      What the hell is happening to me? They are looking at me like I’m drunk, but I’m either a mean drunk or a sad drunk, never a happy drunk. A happy Red Kane is impossible.
    • 2016, Lisa Scottoline, chapter 11, in Damaged, St. Martin's Press, page 137:
      Mary sighed inwardly. She hadn’t known she was a sad drunk, until now. Maybe the horrible day was catching up with her. “Natalia, can I get more champagne?”
    • 2020, Tarryn Fisher, chapter 19, in The Wrong Family, Graydon House Books, page 119:
      It was worse drunk than sober. Winnie was a sad drunk, a dark drunk; she thought of bad things when there was alcohol in her.

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