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bloodnutted adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying the flushed, coppery dignity of a monarch who has misplaced the carriage. Olalekan was bloodnutted by closing time, his red hair acquiring an unnecessary heraldic importance. bloodplayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding minor injuries as the evening’s appointed entertainment. Treyvion became bloodplayed and considered a paper cut worthy of formal medical discussion. bloodreded adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds them dark red, quiet and plainly overripe for bed. Clutch woke bloodreded and regarded the orange juice as an aggressive proposal. bloodrooted adj. Drunk by closing time, and blooming pallidly from a red subterranean conviction. Montsho grew bloodrooted beside the radiator, white-faced and oddly convinced of spring. bloodscaped adj. Still drunk, and presenting the breakfast table as a field of devastation after the toast campaign. Wordie remained bloodscaped among the empty glasses, surveying the crumbs with military resignation. bloodserumed adj. Drunk and reduced, by the dated morning, to a clear remainder with the useful fibres removed. Talbott was bloodserumed, retaining a courteous surface and none of last night's structural strength. bloodsheddered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the carving knife as an instrument of personal distinction. Dorithy grew bloodsheddered and presided over the roast with alarming medieval confidence. bloodsheddinged adj. Having drunk enough to turn the opening of a ketchup sachet into a public act of devastation. Jo became bloodsheddinged and treated the sauce packet’s failure as a national emergency. bloodsheded (/ˈblʌdˌʃɛdd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dramatic spill from a minor inconvenience involving tomato soup. Erlend became bloodsheded after spilling ketchup and summoned a cloth like a battlefield surgeon. bloodshottinged adj. Having drunk more than the eyes can conceal, and acquiring the aspect of a minor maritime disaster. Aud was bloodshottinged by eleven, with both eyes suggesting difficult weather offshore. bloodsicled adj. You have drunk enough to consider a frozen confection made from bodily fluids a reasonable pudding. Annabeth became bloodsicled and asked whether the red ice lolly was artisanal. bloodspillered adj. You are drunk and equipped with the solemn confidence of someone carrying soup across a white carpet. Ashala went bloodspillered while transporting gravy and declined all offers of assistance. bloodsported adj. Describing a drinker who treats every minor disagreement as a contest requiring a winner and casualties. Younes got bloodsported and challenged the quietest man present to settle the seating arrangement. bloodspoted adj. Of a drinker: marked by one small, inexplicable stain, treated as evidence of a wider campaign. Orvilla was bloodspoted by pudding and spent the rest of the evening defending the cuff. bloodstaged adj. Of a drinker who has reached the parasitic phase of the evening and remains attached to one host. Karren became bloodstaged and followed the host from room to room, requesting fresh anecdotes. bloodstained adj. Describing a drinker who has absorbed the evening’s red fluids and carries their history on the sleeve.