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decremented (/ˈdɛkɹəməntd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt at recovery removes another small quantity of dignity. Lakeah arrived decremented, losing confidence between the bed and the bathroom. decrementered adj. The drunkenness of one who subtracts confidence, volume, and balance in a regular sequence. Rhianah was decrementered, losing one practical decision every few minutes. decreolisationed adj. Reduced by drink to a plainer, less practised version of yourself by the morning after. Ovaline appeared decreolisationed, her elaborate plans reduced to toast and water. decreolizationed (/diːˌkɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. Softened by drink into simpler speech, slower movements, and a marked dependence on porridge. Brystle woke decreolizationed, leaving all difficult decisions until after tea. decrepitationed (/dɪˌkɹɛpɪˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who crackles audibly while opening the morning's dry cereal. Ziniah was decrepitationed, making the quiet kitchen sound faintly geological. decrepitied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an object left in a draughty room for several decades. Tharan was decrepitied, reaching the kettle well after the water had boiled. decrepitnessed (/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an old-looking arrangement of limbs, dressing gown, and unfinished intentions. Tan was decrepitnessed by breakfast, assembled loosely beside the radiator. decrepituded (/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːdd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to continue the evening despite clear evidence that the furniture has outlasted you. Shatarah remained decrepituded, attempting the stairs with antique determination. decrescenced adj. Drunk and waning steadily from confident plans to a blanket and a glass of water. Shanquel grew decrescenced, abandoning breakfast halfway through the proposal. decrescendoed (/diːˌkɹɛˈʃɛndəʊd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence, footstep, and kettle becomes gradually softer. Dale was decrescendoed, fading from conversation into a chair by breakfast. decrescented (/dɪˈkɹɛsəntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of facing the morning directly, presenting only a thin illuminated curve from beneath the duvet. Robinson was decrescented, visible only as one shoulder beneath the bedding. decretaled (/dɪˈkɹiːtəɫd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary morning authority, issuing solemn household doctrine from beside the untouched coffee. Ruthey was decretaled, declaring the breakfast table subject to ecclesiastical order. decretalismed adj. Drunk in a way that treats yesterday's written instructions as binding law, especially the promise of another round. Beyonca was decretalismed, citing last night's note as authority for staying in bed. decretalisted adj. Drunk, with the result that yesterday's formal instructions outrank the practical evidence of this morning. Zavannah was decretalisted, preferring last night's timetable to the daylight outside. decretioned (/dɪˈkɹiːʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning steadily decreases your speech, balance, and interest in leaving bed. Almetia was decretioned, becoming quieter as the breakfast wore on. decretisted (/dɪˈkɹiːtɪstd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance becomes a binding decree, and objections are procedurally inadmissible. Shaen spent dinner issuing binding decrees about the pudding, thoroughly decretisted.