Synonyms for tipsy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tip-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪp si |
Top 10 synonyms for tipsy Other synonyms for the word tipsy
Définition of tipsy
Origin :- 1570s, from tip (v.1); later associated with tipple. Tipsy-cake (1806) was cake saturated with wine or liquor.
- adj inebriated
- Let him go and find carrots at a sou the bunch elsewhere, tipsy scoundrel that he is!
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- But never mind that now; don't get tipsy again, if you can help it, and that's all about it.
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- His tipsy companions at first assisted him with noisy cheers.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- He told this story of the tipsy wife: She sent her son for brush to heat her oven.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- The man talked like one tipsy, but I did not think it was with drink.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- At their feasts the Brethren ate like gluttons and drank till they were tipsy.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- They wasted their nights in tipsy revels and dances by the light of the moon.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- At last the clerk Vasia became so tipsy that he began to giggle and talk to his plate.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- I think he would; he did fire at me; but he was too tipsy to take aim.
- Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
- My room-mate was tipsy, but not enough so to make him anything more than silly.
- Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for tipsy
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