IN ONE'S CUPS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

in one's cups

phrase

Definition of in one's cups next

as in drunken

being under the influence of alcohol He's a quiet boy, but when he's in his cups he's quite the unapologetic dancer.

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drunken
wet
fried
impaired
drunk
high
blind
tight
loaded
under the influence
stiff
wasted
sottish
wiped out
besotted
cockeyed
squiffed
pickled
lit
tipsy
looped
under the weather
inebriated
lit up
three sheets in the wind
inebriate
plastered
boozy
gassed
juiced
crocked
stoned
tanked
bombed
tiddly
stewed
alcoholic
sozzled
canned
blitzed
potted
intoxicated
blotto
sloshed
in the bag
oiled
stinking
strung out
maudlin
smashed
ripped
soused
pie-eyed
hammered
blasted
rocky
dipsomaniacal
dopey
stupefied
beery
dissolute
befuddled
crapulous
bibulous
debauched
bleary-eyed
dissipated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straight
sober
dry
temperate
level
steady
cool
teetotal
abstemious
abstinent
clearheaded

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