tipsy

tip·sy

adjective \ˈtip-sē\

tip·si·ertip·si·est

Definition of TIPSY

1

: unsteady, staggering, or foolish from the effects of liquor : fuddled

2

: unsteady, askew <a tipsy angle>

— tip·si·ly \-sə-lē\ adverb

— tip·si·ness \-sē-nəs\ noun

Examples of TIPSY

1. I got a little tipsy at the party last night.
2. <our uncle had too much to drink and was a little tipsy>

Origin of TIPSY

¹tip + -sy (as in tricksy)

First Known Use: 1577

Related to TIPSY

Synonyms

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, drunk, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang]

Antonyms

sober, straight

Related Words

maudlin; beery; befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied; debauched, dissipated, dissolute; alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal

Near Antonyms

abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal; clearheaded, cool, level, steady

Rhymes with TIPSY

gypsy, Gypsy