in one's cups Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- sloshed
- stoned
- blotto
- wiped-out
- tiddly
- stinking
- canned
- looped
- tipsy
- pickled
- three-sheets-in-the-wind
- sozzled
- bombed
- besotted
- under-the-weather
- intoxicated
- gassed
- in-the-bag
- squiffed
- juiced
- lit-up
- three-sheets-to-the-wind
- oiled
- tanked
- stewed
- squiffy
- crocked
- cockeyed
- lit
- boozy
- inebriated
- blitzed
- plastered
- potted
- alcoholic
- inebriate
Weak:
Meaning of in one's cups
in one's cups
something that falls to one's lot, a food served in a cup-shaped usually footed vessel, the metal case inside a hole in golf, a cap of metal or plastic shaped like the femoral head and used in plastic reconstruction of the hip joint, an open usually bowl-shaped drinking vessel, as, either of the two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts, to undergo or perform cupping, either of two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts, to curve into the shape of a cup, a drinking vessel and its contents, a usually open bowl-shaped drinking vessel often having a handle and a stem and base and sometimes a lid, an athletic supporter reinforced for providing extra protection to the wearer in certain strenuous sports (as boxing, hockey, or football), a half pint, an athletic supporter reinforced usually with plastic to provide extra protection to the wearer, an ornamental cup offered as a prize (as in a championship), the consecrated wine of the Communion, a similar container used to measure amounts (as in cooking), the contents of a cup, the symbol ∪ indicating the union of two sets compare cap sense 7, to place in or as if in a cup, drunk, a usually iced beverage resembling punch but served from a pitcher rather than a bowl, to treat by cupping, the hole itself, a food served in a cup-shaped container, a large ornamental cup offered as a prize, something to drink out of in the shape of a bowl usually with a handle, a small bell-shaped glass formerly used in cupping, something (as the corolla of a flower) resembling a cup, a cup-shaped plant organ, something resembling a cup
in one's cups Sentence Examples
- George stumbled into the room, clearly one's cups after a night of heavy drinking.
- The bartender refused to serve the man any more when he realized he was in his cups.
- The police officer pulled over a car whose driver seemed to be one's cups.
- Susan's friends had to carry her home because she had become one's cups at the party.
- John's behavior became increasingly erratic as he consumed alcohol, and soon he was one's cups.
- The manager reprimanded the employee for coming to work one's cups.
- Sarah's slurred speech and unsteady gait betrayed the fact that she was one's cups.
- The witness's testimony was deemed unreliable as he appeared to be one's cups at the time of the incident.
- The judge sentenced the defendant to probation for driving while one's cups.
- The surgeon canceled the operation when he realized that the patient was one's cups.
FAQs About the word in one's cups
something that falls to one's lot, a food served in a cup-shaped usually footed vessel, the metal case inside a hole in golf, a cap of metal or plastic shaped l
drunk, wasted, blind, under the influence, tight, high, sottish, fried, wet, loaded
sober,straight, steady, level,dry, temperate, teetotal, abstinent, abstemious,cool
George stumbled into the room, clearly one's cups after a night of heavy drinking.
The bartender refused to serve the man any more when he realized he was in his cups.
The police officer pulled over a car whose driver seemed to be one's cups.
Susan's friends had to carry her home because she had become one's cups at the party.
