Antonyms for three sheets to the wind

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sheet

Phonetic Transcription : ʃit

Definition of three sheets to the wind

Origin : Old English sciete (West Saxon), scete (Mercian) "cloth, covering, towel, shroud," from Proto-Germanic *skautjon-, from *skauta- "project" (cf. Old Norse skaut, Gothic skauts "seam, hem of a garment;" Dutch schoot; German Schoß "bosom, lap"), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)).
Sense of "piece of paper" first recorded c.1500; that of "any broad, flat surface" (of metal, open water, etc.) is from 1590s. Of falling rain from 1690s. Meaning "a newspaper" is first recorded 1749. Sheet lightning is attested from 1794; sheet music is from 1857. Between the sheets "in bed" (usually with sexual overtones) is attested from 1590s; to be white as a sheet is from 1751. The first element in sheet-anchor (late 15c.) appears to be a different word, of unknown origin.

As in intoxicated : adj drunk
As in plastered : adj drunk
As in soused : adj drunk
As in zonked : adj drunk, intoxicated; stunned
As in bombed : adj drunk
As in boozed : adj drunk
As in boozy : adj drunk
As in crapulent : adj drunk
As in crapulous : adj drunk
As in crocked : adj drunk
As in looped : adj drunk
As in pickled : adj drunk
As in potted : adj drunk
As in sloshed : adj drunk
As in stewed : adj drunk
As in stinko : adj drunk
As in drunk : adj intoxicated by alcohol

Synonyms for three sheets to the wind

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