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bashful bladdered adj. Drunk past the point of using the lavatory while anyone else might conceivably be awake. Nashoba was bashful bladdered and waited on the sofa for the house to become quieter. bashfulnessed adj. Drunk beyond admitting that the glass of water was placed there specifically for you. Taniyla was bashfulnessed and pretended the water on the table belonged to someone else. bashi-bazouked (/bæʃɪbəˈzuːkd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the kitchen untidy, the cushions displaced and the kettle enlisted. bashi-bazoukeried (/baʃɪbəˈzuːkəɹɪd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the sitting room as terrain requiring repeated, unsuccessful assaults. Cailin got bashi-bazoukeried and attacked the sofa from three different approaches. bashibazouked adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen has lost its order and the sofa its cushions. bashinged (/ˈbæʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly colliding with the kitchen furniture and then blaming the sofa. Yaidel was bashinged after meeting the kitchen table twice on the way to the water. bashismed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps issuing shell commands that only one particular interpreter understands. Danillie got bashismed and asked the barman to execute a command no ordinary terminal recognised. bashlessnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every crowded barroom exchange without the least bashfulness. Veto became bashlessnessed and asked three strangers whether they had always dressed so sensibly. bashliked adj. Reduced by drink to a hooded cone, with every loose end wrapped round the neck for warmth. Awna arrived bashliked, with her scarf wound repeatedly about her head and collar. bashlyked (/ˈbæʃ.lɪkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a hooded cone, with the neck wrapped in several unnecessary flaps. Louisa was bashlyked by midnight, arranging her coat round her throat like winter headgear. bashmented adj. Sharpened by drink into a party or rave, regardless of whether the pub contains music. Shirl got bashmented and converted the quiet saloon into a one-person rave. bashoed adj. Loosened by drink into a tournament, with each visit to the bar treated as a bout. Nodin went bashoed, entering the eighth round against a pint he had already lost to. bashtaged adj. Emboldened by drink to criticise every cheerful slogan as though it had personally misled the bar. Addelina got bashtaged and wrote an objection to the pub's promising chalkboard. basiationed adj. Slowed by drink to kissing with the solemn patience of an obsolete formal practice. Calilynn became basiationed and took an age to kiss the departing stranger's cheek. basibionted adj. Drunk and carrying a smaller, clinging companion from the bar to the taxi. Kadience was basibionted, with a friend attached to each arm by closing time. basibranchialed adj. Drunk to the point where each breath seems to require gills at the bottom of the throat. Abdulla was basibranchialed, pausing between pints as though breathing through fish gills.