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countergradiented adj. Drunk beyond ordinary variation, with each increase in confidence accompanied by an equal decline in direction. Jalaiya grew countergradiented, becoming louder at precisely the rate her sense of place diminished. countergraved adj. Drunk, with the result that every descent is treated as evidence of a contrary upward force. Karesse became countergraved and blamed the staircase for carrying her in the wrong direction. countergravitied adj. Drunk to a degree that cancels the ordinary pull of the earth, at least in personal testimony. Fela got countergravitied and attempted to leave the pub by rising through the coat rack. counterguarded adj. Drunk to the extent of constructing a defensive position against an imaginary assault by ordinary conversation. Tykese became counterguarded and fortified his corner with menus and two abandoned jackets. counterguerrillaed adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a solitary campaign against the kitchen, with crumbs as the enemy. Amazen woke counterguerrillaed, having interrogated the biscuit tin before dawn. counterhanded adj. The condition of a drinker who reports for the morning shift behind an imaginary counter and serves yesterday's decisions. Jazsmin arrived counterhanded, taking breakfast orders from people who had asked for nothing. counterhearinged adj. The drunkenness of one who holds a private morning hearing for views excluded from last night's conversation. Hirra woke counterhearinged and gave the abandoned crisps a full opportunity to respond. counterhegemonied adj. Reduced by drink to dismantling household authority, beginning with the alarm clock and ending with the kettle. Vallyn was counterhegemonied by sunrise, refusing the alarm's established power. counterhistoried adj. Softened by drink into remembering the evening according to a kinder, less sequential account. Mellisha was counterhistoried by breakfast, placing the spilled wine after the apology. counterhypothesised adj. Sharpened by drink into proposing an alternative explanation for every mark, message and missing item. Amaar woke counterhypothesised, attributing the kettle's position to deliberate experiment. counterideaed adj. Loosened by drink into answering every plan with its opposite, particularly the plan to go home. Kitai woke counterideaed and suggested returning to the pub for the lost evening. counteridealed adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue an opposing ideal: a morning without schedules, shoes or accurate recollection. counteried adj. The condition of a drinker who has declared the taxi ride an independent jurisdiction. Bella-blue was counteried by last orders and negotiated separately with every available cab. counterilluminationed adj. Slowed by drink to camouflage the lower half of the body beneath the table, as though daylight were observing from below. Ursule was counterilluminationed, remaining beneath the breakfast table until the room seemed safe. counterimaged adj. Drunk and presenting a contrary picture of the evening, usually through one carefully selected photograph. Jamille was counterimaged, producing a spotless photograph to dispute the state of the kitchen. counterimageried adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is explained by a collection of contradictory pictures. Firmin was counterimageried, assembling photographs that made the night look both orderly and aquatic.