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blessed evented adj. Softened by drink into announcing the morning's headache as though it were a long-awaited arrival. Marrah woke blessed evented and presented her headache to the household with ceremony. blessed thistled adj. Sharpened by drink into a prickly morning presence, best approached with toast at arm's length. Kemaria was blessed thistled before coffee and bristled at the suggestion of fresh air. blessednessed (/ˈblɛsɪdnɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a state of holy contentment, even while yesterday's glass remains beside the bed. Guliana woke blessednessed and forgave the alarm after only a short discussion. blesseed adj. Emboldened by drink to receive the morning's consequences as though they were a personal blessing. Savage woke blesseed and accepted the cold toast with undeserved gratitude. blessered adj. Slowed by drink to bestow solemn blessings on the kettle, the toast and anyone entering the room. Sherifat was blessered by nine, blessing the kettle before attempting the stairs. blessing in disguised adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a setback for a fortunate turn and act on the strength of it. Valin, blessing in disguised, declined the taxi because the rain plainly improved the evening. blessinged (/ˈblɛs.ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and treating the morning's surviving tea as supernatural aid rather than ordinary hydration. Wathena woke blessinged and regarded the first cup as a small divine intervention. blessured (/ˈblɛsjʊɚd/) adj. You are drunk and treating a minor injury as evidence of heroic exertion. Demeri, blessured after meeting the coffee table, described the bruise as professionally acquired. bletched adj. Of a drinker: blackened in judgement and content to leave matters dirtier than found. Haylie grew bletched and signed the wall above the coat hooks as though improving it. blethered adj. Loosened by drink into a northern-style talker, happy to keep the bar company without saying much. Rendi grew blethered beside the snug and discussed the weather with a coat. bletherered adj. Slowed by drink to a babbler's pace, repeating each piece of bar news before finishing it. bletheringed adj. Drunk to the point where the bar's ordinary gossip becomes an inexhaustible performance. Shozo was bletheringed, discussing the dartboard as though it had a complicated past. bletherskated adj. Drunk beyond sensible conversation, blustering through nonsense in a cheerful bar-room torrent. Elvina was bletherskated, boasting loudly while losing an argument with the fruit machine. bletherskited adj. Drunk in a way that turns every casual remark into a blustering speech of nonsense. Cheire became bletherskited after the second round and addressed the entire snug. blettinged adj. Of a drinker who has fermented beyond ripeness and now considers every decision improved by waiting. Bol became blettinged and postponed the last train until the platform seemed more promising. bleu celested adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a pale confidence and is issuing directions beneath an imaginary clear sky. Unnamed, bleu celested, reorganised the garden furniture according to a weather system nobody could see.