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carked (/kɑː(ɹ)kd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a concentrated, corrosive worry about a matter nobody else remembers raising. Lamarra got carked over the missing coaster and questioned the entire front bar. carkeed adj. Loosened by drink into the colour of dust, particularly around the collar. Lynnex looked carkeed and left a faintly military outline on the sofa. carkeyed adj. Softened by drink into treating any small metal object as the means of getting home. Virla was carkeyed after the pub, presenting a locker key to the taxi driver with quiet certainty. carkied adj. Emboldened by drink to describe every brown object as a strategic decision. Schell became carkied and classified the curtains as suitable for field service. carkinged adj. Loosened by drink into weary distress, with each complaint trailing off before reaching its point. Robertia went carkinged in the snug and sighed over the distance between the bar and the door. carkoied adj. Emboldened by drink to lead a motoring procession wherever the road appears least supervised. Khallil got carkoied and organised a convoy to the late-night bakery. carlactoned adj. Drunk to the point where every small decision is treated as a matter of delicate plant chemistry. Charlea got carlactoned and adjusted the pub's table plants according to an elaborate hormonal theory. carlacued adj. Drunk enough to turn a minor pub errand into a trick or caper requiring witnesses. Mariatheresa got carlacued and hid the bar towels in a display of unnecessary ingenuity. carlavirused adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in one conversational host, spreading from table to table. Abdalrahman became carlavirused and carried the same story through three separate groups. carled (/kɑːld/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a rustic fellow crossing a muddy yard in Sunday clothes. carlessnessed adj. Drunk beyond caring that there is no car, no lift, and no plausible route home. Sujood got carlessnessed and accepted the bus timetable as a work of fiction. carletonited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body angular, brightly coloured, and composed of several incompatible elements. Wilde looked carletonited beneath the fruit machine's lights, mineral and immovable. carlfriesited adj. Drunk, with the result that a yellowish mineral complexion and absolute table-possession have emerged. Shashona went carlfriesited after the bitter, glowing faintly beneath the bar's yellow lamps. carlhintzeited adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a pale, intricate stillness, with every movement carefully postponed. Larosha became carlhintzeited beside the fire and remained there through two changes of music. carlicued adj. Sufficiently drunk to decorate every available surface with obsolete spirals, loops, and other ornamental evidence. Luvine, carlicued, embellished the drinks menu with a series of unrequested flourishes. carline thistled adj. The drunkenness of one who stands prickly and ceremonial, yet wilts when asked to find the cloakroom. Alycea grew carline thistled beside the piano, dignified until the coat-stand defeated her.