TIPSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tipsiness mean? 

• TIPSINESS (noun)
  The noun TIPSINESS has 1 sense:

1. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

  Familiarity information: TIPSINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIPSINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness

Hypernyms ("tipsiness" is a kind of...):

temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tipsiness"):

grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)

sottishness (stupefaction from drink)

Derivation:

tipsy (slightly intoxicated)