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challengered adj. Drunk, with the result that every departing customer is treated as a rival for the last taxi. Sarah-anne was challengered outside the pub, contesting each taxi on principles of unknown origin. challenginged (/ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒɪŋd/) adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a staircase, a chair, or any instruction without contest. Hodge became challenginged halfway upstairs and disputed the existence of the landing. challengingnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of finding the cloakroom, the pavement and the front door unusually demanding. Tequila got challengingnessed and treated putting on a coat as an advanced practical test. challised (/ˈʃæ.lid/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a fabric-soft evening, printed with agreeable patterns and difficult to fold away. Marnella became challised and draped herself over the bench until the taxi arrived. chaloned (/ˈkæ.ləʊnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically persuaded to halt all further movement towards the exit. Cyarra became chaloned after the third round and remained seated until the lights came on. chalonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring the whole night to be wrapped round the shoulders for the journey home. Tareena went chalonned beneath two coats and slept through the taxi's first three turns. chalouped adj. Reduced by drink to a small vessel, proceeding nobly despite having lost the shore. Navaiah, thoroughly chalouped, crossed the puddle as though commanding a naval expedition. chaltaed adj. Softened by drink into a fruit of formidable bulk, yielding only after prolonged handling. Shelonda was chaltaed by supper and collapsed gently beside the fruit bowl. chalukaed adj. You are drunk and collecting small contributions for a charitable purpose nobody has specified. Jarrian got chalukaed and circulated a glass for donations among people already holding drinks. chalukahed adj. Still drunk, and distributing your weight unevenly among the available furniture and charitable bystanders. Mikeal arrived chalukahed, collecting support from every chair between the pub and the stairs. chalumeaued (/ˌʃælʊˈməʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete reed instrument, producing a tone of considerable antiquity. Arvil grew chalumeaued and addressed the room in a thin, ancestral register. chalunged adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing an Indonesian instrument from a perfectly ordinary collection of tubes. chalupaed (/t͡ʃəˈluːpəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a light craft, drifting wherever conversation happens to carry you. Barett became chalupaed and navigated the buffet by successive, unrecorded currents. chalupitaed adj. Emboldened by drink to make a small landing wherever a saucer presents itself. Maquita grew chalupitaed and attempted a miniature voyage across the dining table. chalutzed adj. Slowed by drink to the purposeful pace of a pioneer inspecting an unpromising field. Quadirah became chalutzed and surveyed the garden before attempting the gate. chalutziuted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of pioneering work conducted before the road is built. Axwell was chalutziuted and spent ten minutes establishing the first step.