different between tipsy vs wasted

English

Etymology

From tips +? -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?p?s?, IPA^(key): /?t?p.si/
• Rhymes: -?psi

Adjective

tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)

1. (informal, slang) slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
2. (metonymically) unsteady, askew

Synonyms

• (slightly drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk
• (unsteady): off-kilter, precarious, tottering, wobbly; see also Thesaurus:askew or Thesaurus:rickety

Derived terms

• tipsy cake

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?st??d, IPA^(key): /?we?st?d/
• Homophone: waisted

Adjective

wasted (comparative more wasted, superlative most wasted)

1. Not profitably used.

   Synonyms: down the toilet, misspent, squandered

2. Ravaged or deteriorated.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deteriorated

3. Emaciated and haggard.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:weak, Thesaurus:scrawny

4. (slang) Very drunk or stoned.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk, Thesaurus:stoned
5. (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).

   Synonym: underweight

Translations

See also

• (medicine): stunted

Verb

wasted

1. simple past tense and past participle of waste

Anagrams

• stawed, tawsed, wadest, wadset