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haftered adj. Drunk beyond the services of a handle-maker, and now best moved by arrangement. Theral got haftered and required two colleagues, rather than a handle, to reach the pavement. haftorahed adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver the weekly reading from memory, including portions not yet written. Rodell became haftorahed at breakfast and announced the washing machine’s reconciliation with great certainty. hafued adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning divided between two equally confident accounts. Medard was hafued, maintaining both that he had cooked and that cooking was impossible. hag doed adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker becomes a decisive stenographer of everyone else's shortcomings. Miyonna got hag doed and edited the guest list aloud from the end of the table. hag mothed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a small, alarming creature from the sleeve of the evening. Pretty got hag mothed and emerged from the sofa wearing a napkin like a larva. hag's toothed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an ugly irregularity in the otherwise orderly pattern of the seating. Velisa got hag's toothed and occupied the gap between two chairs with surprising permanence. hag-tapered adj. Drunk on the strength of a tall, woolly plant and now leaning towards the nearest light. Rafeeq got hag-tapered and stood beneath the lamp, tall, pale and botanically unhelpful. hagalahed adj. Reduced by drink to treat every shared utensil as a public health emergency. Sammya went hagalahed and asked Agambir to boil the teaspoons before pudding. hagberried adj. Softened by drink into a small dark fruit, and liable to stain the conversation. Izick grew hagberried beside the buffet, leaving Brynt to manage the increasingly purple anecdotes. hagbused adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete firearm of complaint, primed by the first question of the morning. Clairice woke hagbused and fired a measured complaint at the cheerful breakfast radio. hagbushed adj. Drunk in a way that calls for a long barrel, a rest, and no sudden movements. Damaine was hagbushed beside the mantel, supported by furniture of uncertain age. hagbutted adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-barrelled presence, alarming everyone within conversational range. Nichola went hagbutted and held Deslynn at rhetorical distance across the table. hagbuttered adj. Emboldened by drink to advance upon the company with a weaponised opinion. Royann went hagbuttered and challenged Sahishnu over the correct way to stack coasters. hagdened adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a seabird returning against a headwind. Napolean became hagdened on the walk home, while Carles carried the forgotten umbrella. hagdonned adj. Drunk and ranging over the room in long, untidy passes, disturbing nobody only by luck. Nayna went hagdonned between the buffet and the lavatory, while Monsserrat kept moving the chairs. hagdowned adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt at conversation becomes a broad, returning flight. Marayah grew hagdowned, circling Veeran's question without ever landing on an answer.