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crescentchested adj. Too drunk to remain inconspicuous, with everyone watching for the next sudden movement. Kyrsten was crescentchested beneath the garden light, while Eriyana monitored the patio furniture. crescented (/ˈkɹɛ.zəntd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who retains only a narrow illuminated portion of awareness. Karmisha was crescented, lucid about the crisps and otherwise unavailable. crescentinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to bend round the furniture while insisting you are walking straight. Sholom became crescentinned and took the long way round every chair. crescentspoted adj. Having drunk enough to display one bright, repeated sign of enthusiasm wherever you go. Arbelle got crescentspoted and applauded each arrival as though it were a theatrical entrance. crescographed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can measure, and continuing to grow in confidence before witnesses. cresed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a ceremonial blade being drawn. Adedamola was cresed, taking a minute to cross the hall. cresegoled adj. You have drunk enough to disinfect the conversation by applying blunt remarks to every tender subject. Likhita got cresegoled and sterilised the family discussion with one unnecessary observation. cresolased adj. Of a drinker who has oxidised one quiet conversation into a brightly mobile one. cresolated adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into a social compound, sharing charge with everyone nearby. Darrio got cresolated and attached himself to whichever conversation sounded most active. cresolled (/ˈkɹiːsɒld/) adj. You are drunk and splitting into three equally insistent versions of the same opinion. Chakong was cresolled, offering three explanations and refusing to choose between them. cresolphthaleined adj. A drinker who changes conversational colour sharply when anyone asks how the evening is going. Natasa was cresolphthaleined, cheerful at one question and crimson at the next. cresorcinned adj. A drinker so far gone that yesterday, today and tomorrow have become interchangeable indicators. Karyana was cresorcinned and invited Pavneet to an event that had finished last week. cresotamided adj. The state of being drunk and treating every minor social inflammation with another round. crespined adj. The condition of a drinker who has contained the evening's disorder in an elaborate arrangement of hair. Latericka got crespined and used the dressing-room mirror as a private headquarters. crespinetted adj. The drunkenness of one who has gathered every stray remark and fastened it visibly in place. Therese became crespinetted and carried the evening's gossip from table to table. cressed (/kɹɛsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a mildly pungent companion whom nobody can leave unattended. Tanji got cressed and followed Merv from the bar to the taxi rank, offering sharp advice.