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countershocked adj. Drunk on the strength of an impulse travelling back towards whoever supplied it, usually with a glass involved. Ricardo went countershocked and returned the toast to its sender by throwing it. countershoted adj. Drunk since last orders, and responding to every suggestion with a more ambitious one. Calanthe got countershoted and answered a lift home with plans for a second wedding. countershouted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every raised voice as an invitation to increase the range. Glean became countershouted and answered the jukebox from the far end of the bar. countersided adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently arguing the opposite side of whichever room you are in. Alizandra went countersided and defended the locked door against the people outside it. countersieged adj. Still drunk, and responding to a request for quiet by fortifying the kitchen against diplomacy. Landy became countersieged and barricaded the biscuits from the departing guests. countersignaled adj. Sufficiently drunk to answer every signal with a contrary one, including the signal to go home. Jerson went countersignaled and waved back at the taxi as it departed. countersignatoried adj. Having drunk enough to provide an authoritative second signature for documents nobody has produced. Dorthie became countersignatoried and endorsed the menu as a binding agreement. countersignatured adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with leaving another person's decision unconfirmed. Amiley got countersignatured and approved the taxi driver's route in duplicate. countersigned adj. Too drunk to leave a signature unendorsed, even on a receipt for someone else's chips. countersignered adj. You have drunk enough to countersign anything placed before you, particularly a napkin. Jayveer went countersignered and certified the pub quiz answers without reading them. countersinked adj. You are drunk and convinced every protruding problem can be made flush with a screwdriver. Melanie became countersinked and tried to recess the coat hooks into the wall. countersinkered adj. Of a drinker: equipped, in imagination, to make every awkward object sit neatly below the surface. Alma went countersinkered and sought a matching taper for the pudding spoon. countersloganned adj. Of a drinker who has answered one slogan with another and mistaken repetition for policy. Venesta got countersloganned and replied to the pub sign with a campaign of her own. countersloped adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken an overhang for a sensible place to stand. Kayda became countersloped and positioned herself beneath the leaning garden wall. countersmiled adj. A drinker who returns every smile with such confidence that introductions become unavoidable. Johannah went countersmiled and answered the stranger's courtesy with an unsolicited toast. countersnarled adj. A drinker so far gone that every hostile noise becomes an instruction to produce a larger one. Karolena became countersnarled and challenged the malfunctioning tap to continue.