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badkhened adj. Still drunk, and solemnly entertaining the assembled company although the assembly is only a bus stop. Bawan remained badkhened, reciting verses to passengers who were studying the timetable. badkhned adj. Too drunk to conduct a wedding, but sufficiently committed to provide its announcements. Nickell was badkhned and announced the kebab's arrival with ceremonial gravity. badkhonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the ordinary business of leaving into a ceremonial performance. Hylan became badkhonned and gave the coat rack a formal farewell before departing. badlaed adj. Emboldened by drink to carry yesterday's social obligations forward indefinitely, with everyone else kept on the account. Aireal became badlaed and treated each unfinished conversation as credit for another round. badlanded adj. Drunk and reduced to such severe conversational erosion that nothing reaches anyone intact. Kamil became badlanded during the meeting, and every attempt at diplomacy disappeared into loose sediment. badlinged adj. Drunk to the point where the assembled guests move as one noisy brood behind whoever still knows the way out. Silbia became badlinged at the festival, gathering six acquaintances into a waddling search for the cloakroom. badmaashed adj. Drunk past the point of respectable mischief, leaving the company to retrieve belongings and explanations. Clif became badmaashed at the barbecue, borrowing three jackets and returning none of them. badmanned adj. Drunk enough to make every minor disagreement seem like a frontier dispute requiring witnesses. Nathali got badmanned over the bill, and two strangers were recruited to inspect the arithmetic. badmashed (/bʌdˈmɑːʃd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a rogue's confidence remains confined to his own affairs. Altin was badmashed at the reception, recruiting strangers into a plan involving the florist's trolley. badminned adj. Drunk, with the result that every gathering is moderated badly, and every participant receives a warning. Milliard became badminned at the forum, deleting compliments and banning anyone who disagreed politely. badminton balled adj. The state of being drunk and treating a shuttlecock as though it were a small ball. Renier was badminton balled, bouncing the shuttlecock once before serving it towards Lily-jade. badminton courted adj. Sufficiently drunk to serve formally, rally briefly, and retire defeated behind the furniture. Fraces became badminton courted and challenged the umbrella stand to a deciding set. badminton playerred adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps a rally going long after the conversation has ended. Febbie was badminton playerred, returning every question with admirable professional consistency. badminton racketed adj. Reduced by drink to waving a light, long-handled object at anything resembling a shuttlecock. Kianah became badminton racketed and used a coat hanger to return a paper napkin. badmintonisted adj. Softened by drink into a badminton player of the older, less hurried sort. Fartun was badmintonisted by supper, offering Halona patient advice on an absent shuttlecock. badmintonned (/ˈbæd.mɪn.tənd/) adj. A drinker who volleys conversation across an imaginary net, usually under umpiring from the barmaid. Temisha spent the evening badmintonned, returning every remark neatly over the imaginary net.