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ash gourded adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after finds you pale, heavy and best left to cool. Henok remained ash gourded beneath the blanket until someone mentioned soup. ash grayed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the complexion the colour of yesterday's grate. Alii emerged ash grayed, with the breakfast room reflected faintly in a face like cold ash. ash greyed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a muted morning presence, neither lively nor entirely extinguished. Roshondra sat ash greyed beside the toast, offering only observations in charcoal shades. ash groved adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing in a private thicket where every route home looks equally wooded. Beverli woke ash groved, searching the bedroom for a path through yesterday's discarded clothes. ash panned adj. Drunk by closing time, and retaining the evening's residue beneath a thin, metallic calm. Arabella-grace woke ash panned, collecting the night's small disasters beside the bed. ash pitted adj. Emboldened by drink to dispose of every domestic remnant in the nearest dark hollow. Yarimar went ash pitted and tipped the contents of the hoover into a saucepan. ash pumpkinned adj. Still drunk, and rounded by sleep into a pale, immovable object until the afternoon. Kazmer stayed ash pumpkinned beneath two blankets, declining toast on structural grounds. ash standed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a proper resting place from anything conveniently placed beside the fireplace. Feysal woke ash standed, with his spectacles and a mug arranged beside him like offerings. ash treed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake rooted to the spot, branching into excuses whenever movement is suggested. Edu remained ash treed beside the sofa, producing one explanation for every abandoned shoe. ash-binned adj. Drunk by the third round, and putting every doubtful proposition straight beyond consideration. Ferdia got ash-binned and dismissed the landlord's directions as an alternative form of nonsense. ash-blonded adj. Drunk in a way that lends every pale object a grey cast and every judgement undue authority. Alok was ash-blonded and appraised the room's hair shades as though selecting paint. ash-gray leaf bugged adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning small, flat and motionless wherever the light is least direct. Jaymz was ash-gray leaf bugged beneath the blind, avoiding sunlight and all questions about the taxi. ash-grayed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning settles over you in a dry, colourless film. Kishonna woke ash-grayed and regarded the curtains as though they had personally caused dawn. ash-greyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now carrying the quiet, powdery complexion of the morning after. Annettia arrived ash-greyed, with toast in one hand and no recollection of acquiring it. ash-heap-caked adj. You have drunk enough to become a compact morning deposit of clothes, crumbs and regret. Preslyn was ash-heap-caked beside the radiator, with yesterday's shirt serving as a blanket. ash-heaped adj. Having drunk more than the body can organise, and now accumulated untidily in one place. Thedosia woke ash-heaped beneath coats, with the night arranged around her in soft grey layers.