squiffy

A bit sozzled

Squiffy is British slang for slightly drunk—tipsy rather than fully intoxicated: After two glasses of champagne, she was feeling a bit squiffy.

The word has an old-fashioned, lighthearted quality, suggesting pleasant mild inebriation rather than sloppy drunkenness.

askew

crooked

Bent or dishonest

off-kilter · wonky · cockeyed · awry · slanted · uneven · twisted · angled · listing · canted

tipsy

lightheaded

Faint and unsteady feeling

  • woozyDizzy and confused
  • giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
  • fuddledMentally unclear, disoriented

buzzing · mellow · flushed · wobbly · dizzy · tiddly · sozzled · merry · half-cut · three-sheets

merry

giggly

Prone to tittering

carefree · playful · silly · grinning · amused · euphoric · animated · sociable · chatty · loosened

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Opposites
intoxication level

squiffysober

Free from intoxication

straight · lucid · dry · teetotal · sharp

degree of drunkenness

squiffyplastered

Extremely intoxicated

wasted · hammered · blotto · smashed · legless

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG