Meanings
comparative tipsier · superlative tipsiest
- informalslangSlightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
I was too tipsy to protest.
2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 411 more example
A popular conception has fresh air bowling tipsy men over when they come into contact with it.
1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 109Synonyms: buzzed
- Unsteady, askew.
Synonyms: off-kilter
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSlightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
adjectiveUnsteady, askew.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveslightly intoxicated
adjectiveunstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سكران قليلاً
- سكران قليلاً (sukrān qalīlan)slightly drunk
Bulgarian пийнал
- пийнал (pijnal)slightly drunk
Chinese Mandarin 有點醉 /有点醉, 微醉
- 有點醉 /有点醉 (yǒudiǎn zuì)slightly drunk
- 微醉 (wēizuì, wéizuì)slightly drunk
- 微醺 (wēixūn, wéixūn)slightly drunk
Czech líznutý
- líznutýslightly drunk
Danish let beruset, letpåvirket
- let berusetslightly drunk
- letpåvirketslightly drunk
Dutch aangeschoten, tipsy
- aangeschotenslightly drunk
- tipsyslightly drunk
- teutslightly drunk
Esperanto duonebria
- duonebriaslightly drunk
Finnish huppelissa, juovuksissa
- huppelissaslightly drunk
- juovuksissaslightly drunk
French éméché, égayé
- éméchéslightly drunk
- égayéslightly drunk
- grisslightly drunk
- pompetteslightly drunk
German angeheitert, beschwipst
- angeheitertslightly drunk
- beschwipstslightly drunk
- betütertslightly drunk
- angetrunkenslightly drunk
- bedudeltslightly drunk
Greek ψιλομεθυσμένος
- ψιλομεθυσμένος (psilomethysménos)slightly drunk
Icelandic kominn í glas, góðglaður
- kominn í glasslightly drunk
- góðglaðurslightly drunk
Italian brillo, alticcio
- brilloslightly drunk
- alticcioslightly drunk
- allegroslightly drunk
- allegrettoslightly drunk
Japanese ほろ酔い
- ほろ酔い (horoyoi)slightly drunk
Korean 살짝 취한
- 살짝 취한 (saljjak chwihan)slightly drunk
Latin ēbriolus
- ēbriolusslightly drunk
Latvian viegli iereibis
- viegli iereibisslightly drunk
Lithuanian truputį įkaušęs
- truputį įkaušęsslightly drunk
Norwegian brisen
- brisenslightly drunk
Norwegian Bokmål pussa, bedugget
- pussaslightly drunk
- beduggetslightly drunk
- brisenslightly drunk
Persian ملنگ
- ملنگ (malang)slightly drunk
Polish podchmielony
- podchmielonyslightly drunk
Portuguese alegre, ligeiramente embriagado
- alegreslightly drunk
- ligeiramente embriagadoslightly drunk
- altoslightly drunk
- tocadoslightly drunk
Romanian beat, amețit
- beatslightly drunk
- amețitslightly drunk
- cherchelitslightly drunk
Russian подвы́пивший
- подвы́пивший (podvýpivšij)slightly drunk
Scottish Gaelic fo-mhisgeach
- fo-mhisgeachslightly drunk
Spanish achispado, piripi
- achispadoslightly drunk
- piripislightly drunk
- tiznadoslightly drunk
- turulecoslightly drunk
Swedish lätt berusad, dragen
- lätt berusadslightly drunk
- dragenslightly drunk
- salongsberusadslightly drunk
Tagalog malainibay, balasing
- malainibayslightly drunk
- balasingslightly drunk
Thai เมานิดหน่อย
- เมานิดหน่อย (mao nit noi)slightly drunk
Ukrainian п'яне́нький
- п'яне́нький (pʺjanénʹkyj)slightly drunk
Vietnamese ngà ngà, tàng tàng
- ngà ngàslightly drunk
- tàng tàngslightly drunk
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tipsy
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