sauced

Tipsy, slang term

Sauced means drunk or intoxicated: We got completely sauced at the wedding reception.

The term is informal and suggests moderate to heavy inebriation.

It derives from sauce as slang for alcohol, particularly hard liquor.

Separately, sauced describes food served with sauce: sauced pasta, lightly sauced wings.

drunk

intoxicated

Affected by alcohol

wasted · inebriated · buzzed · loaded · smashed · sloshed · soused · pickled · tanked · blitzed

coated

glazed

Coated with shiny finish

covered · drenched · slathered · dressed · napped · ladled · bathed · finished · plated · garnished

Categories
Opposites
sobriety

saucedsober

Free from intoxication

straight · clearheaded · dry · clean · teetotal

culinary preparation (secondary sense)

saucedplain

Basic and unremarkable

dry · bare · undressed · naked · unadorned

Phrases
Family

sauce, saucer, sauces, saucy, saucers, saucing, sauciness, saucier, sauciest

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG