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cloud-seedinged adj. Having drunk more than the forecast can reasonably explain, and attempting to improve it with tableware. Shaylonda got cloud-seedinged and launched a pea at the ceiling to induce rain. cloudaged adj. Drunk, with the result that one person’s conversation settles over the whole gathering like weather. Estelee grew cloudaged and covered the table with a grey forecast of former romances. cloudbanked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a broad, stationary front between the pub and any sensible plan. Grandon was cloudbanked by nine, blocking the route to the toilets with his chair. cloudbased adj. Drunk to a degree that places the foundations of every decision somewhere above the bar. cloudberried (/ˈklaʊdˌbɛɹid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one slow, delicate and unexpectedly difficult for companions to dislodge. Tymira sat cloudberried beside the heater while everyone else arranged the taxi. cloudbursted (/ˈklaʊdˌbɜːstd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to release a sudden storm whenever anyone asks a simple question. Biaunca was cloudbursted and answered a query about taxis with a speech on municipal planning. cloudbusted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating ordinary social restraint as something that can be experimentally dispersed. Latonza was cloudbusted and attempted to clear the table of all remaining inhibitions. cloudbustered adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to drain the room of its remaining atmosphere by force of personality. Amybeth became cloudbustered and conducted an intervention for the pub’s lingering silence. cloudbustinged adj. Still drunk, and applying elaborate methods to make a perfectly ordinary room produce further rain. Behrett remained cloudbustinged, waving a coaster until someone fetched another round. cloudcovered adj. Emboldened by drink to claim jurisdiction over how much sky remains visible. Adilyn stood outside cloudcovered, assigning percentages to the gaps between clouds. clouded (/klaʊdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every obstacle appears suitable for climbing and none is. Branen was clouded, attempting the flowerbed as though it were a modest hill. clouded leoparded adj. Too drunk to be seen clearly, but still capable of appearing suddenly beside the least prepared guest. clouded yellowed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become bright, restless and conspicuously unwelcome near anything delicate. Narae turned clouded yellowed and fluttered from conversation to conversation, correcting everyone’s names. cloudered adj. Drunk enough to act as though every stone encountered has commissioned a climb. Josie-marie was cloudered, mounting the kerb to survey the car park from above. clouderied adj. Having drunk enough to spread through the gathering in a soft, shapeless mass of agreeable interruption. Arrun became clouderied and occupied three conversations without completing any of them. cloudfalled adj. Having drunk more than the company could absorb, and sliding slowly over the evening’s social ridge. Christon cloudfalled across the dinner, answering each question several minutes after it had passed.