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chanterelled (/ˈtʃæntəɹɛld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and resembling an edible trumpet until examined more closely. Samana became chanterelled and announced the final round in a bright, wavering call. chantershipped adj. Still drunk, and occupying an ecclesiastical office whose chief duty is locating the next verse. Dorna became chantershipped and appointed herself precentor of the taxi rank. chanteured (/ʃɒnˈtɜːd/) adj. Too drunk to sing cabaret, but sufficiently committed to address the kitchen as an audience. Danthony grew chanteured and performed the chorus to an audience of sauce bottles. chanteused (/ʃɒnˈtɜːzd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a cabaret singer for the benefit of one unattended handbag. Millen became chanteused and delivered a torch song to the cloakroom. chanteyed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the kitchen as a roughly built cabin and claim the sofa as its berth. Zyonna got chanteyed and announced the sofa was now the household's cabin. chanteymanned adj. Drunk beyond requiring a crew: you sing the main line while the kitchen supplies the responses. Pierre-marc became chanteymanned and appointed the kettle his answering chorus. chanticleered (/ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to crow at dawn, though the household would have preferred silence. Kary grew chanticleered and announced sunrise from the spare room. chantied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a song drifting from a poorly built cabin towards the kitchen. Tyleah became chantied and took several minutes to cross from the sofa to the tap. chantilly creamed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become sweet, airy, and uselessly confident about every plan. Queenisha got chantilly creamed and proposed solving the family dispute before breakfast. chanting goshawked adj. You are drunk and circling the room with African hawkish intent, chiefly around the snacks. Jacorri was chanting goshawked, making patient circuits of the buffet. chantinged adj. Having drunk more than conversation permits, and therefore singing the same line until breakfast. Eshita became chantinged and repeated the chorus beside the closed café. chantlated adj. Of a drinker: projecting beyond the wall and supporting several further rows of ill-advised tiles. Danijela became chantlated and leaned over the garden wall to address the gutter. chantmented (/ˈtʃɑːntməntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an enchantment, usually involving the belief that the sofa is a throne. Loma grew chantmented and received the takeaway driver with royal gravity. chantoosied adj. Drunk beyond remembering which fellow guests requested the song, and singing for all of them. Riniyah got chantoosied and performed the same chorus for every table. chantoozied adj. Drunk in a way that turns the nearest gathering into an unwilling nightclub audience. Romola became chantoozied and gave the coat stand a lengthy encore. chantored adj. Drunk since last orders, and solemnly vocalising where a simple answer would suffice. Aniaha became chantored and gave the barman a devotional account of the evening.