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ant thrushed adj. Slowed by drink to a patient, ground-level progress, pausing between movements as though the floor were instructive. Drequan went ant thrushed on the stairs, advancing one deliberate foot after each long silence. ant treed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard one’s clothing as a permanent habitat, preferably with several companions inside it. Herson became ant treed and refused to remove his coat, citing its excellent population density. ant'emed adj. Having drunk enough to convert every domestic complaint into a traditional Bahamian hymn of uncertain authorship. Madelle grew ant'emed and sang about the missing bottle with considerable devotional feeling. ant's pantsed adj. You have drunk enough to consider your present condition outstanding, despite the evidence being otherwise arranged. Davielle got ant's pantsed and rated the taxi queue the finest thing in town. ant-beared adj. Having drunk enough to retreat into a patient, long-snouted search for food after closing. Arbie was ant-beared, quietly investigating every paper bag left near the taxi rank. ant-bedded adj. You are drunk and compacting yourself into a low, serviceable mound wherever a floor presents itself. Michaelanthony went ant-bedded beside the hearth and declined the offer of a proper bed. ant-blued adj. Of a drinker who has become small, vivid, and inexplicably dependent upon the company of ants. Maicon was ant-blued by midnight, fluttering between the garden chairs and addressing the ants. ant-eatered adj. The drunkenness of one who pursues the smallest available matter with great concentration and a dangerously extended tongue. Ermias went ant-eatered and extracted a minor grievance from a conversation that had been perfectly pleasant. ant-heaped adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated gradually into a mound and now resists ordinary relocation. Jashanna became ant-heaped beside the radiator, surrounded by cups she could no longer identify. ant-hilled (/ˈænthɪld/) adj. A drinker who has established a mound-shaped residence and considers passing feet a natural hazard. Valois was ant-hilled beneath the dining table, with a napkin marking the entrance. ant-tanagered adj. Too drunk to distinguish between a social gathering and a small, brightly vocalised forest. Zaylon became ant-tanagered and addressed the fern as though it were a listening flock. antabused adj. Drunk since last orders, and now relying on a cure whose presence cannot be confirmed. Durrell was antabused, searching the medicine cabinet for the bottle he had only imagined buying. antacided (/ænˈtæsɪdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and neutralising every sharp remark before it reaches the stomach. Cody-james was antacided, accepting the insult as readily as the accompanying crisps. antaciditied adj. The condition of a drinker who has neutralised his own acidity but not his opinions. Masayo was antaciditied by the second bottle, calm in manner and corrosive in detail. antacrided adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every sour impulse into a dispensed remedy. Jecorey was antacrided, prescribing another round for each grievance he had collected. antaed (/ˈæn.təd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the entrance to any room requires architectural reinforcement. Annalysia stood antaed between the kitchen and hall, supporting both walls by reputation.