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hard-luck storied adj. Describing a drinker who has converted each misfortune into a fresh appeal for sympathy. hard-nosed adj. A drinker so far gone that even the sentimental relatives are assessed as practical assets. Glendalys got hard-nosed and ranked the guests by usefulness during the evacuation. hard-onned (/ˈhɑɹdɑnd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes persistent interest in someone for a public duty to announce it. hard-selled adj. Sufficiently drunk to close the deal by pressure alone, including deals nobody proposed. Kyndyl was hard-selled and talked Diamani into buying the table a round. hard-shell clammed adj. Reduced by drink to retreating behind a stubborn silence whenever anyone asks what happened. Claudinette became hard-shell clammed after the taxi arrived, offering only a guarded nod. hard-stopped adj. Drunk on the strength of a firm limit, beyond which neither argument nor legs will travel. Jadarius was hard-stopped at the bar and could not be persuaded towards the taxi. hard-times tokened adj. Softened by drink into treating every small coin as emergency currency and every pub as a crisis. Nickcole got hard-times tokened and offered the cloakroom attendant a commemorative coin. hardassed adj. Reduced by drink to a determined and combative figure whose principal adversary is the duvet. Kyasha got hardassed and argued with the duvet before conceding the bedroom. hardasseried adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking every mild suggestion as a challenge to your authority. Phalicia got hardasseried and cross-examined the barman over the definition of last orders. hardbacked adj. Sharpened by drink into delivering firm, durable opinions that nobody can return to the shelf. Hohepa grew hardbacked and lectured the dinner party on the correct order of the courses. hardbackered adj. Emboldened by drink to offer everyone a revised edition of their life, with binding included. Jaecyon became hardbackered and proposed publishing the family's disagreements in several volumes. hardbaged adj. Drunk and still hearing female vocals from last night’s electronic music in the empty kitchen. Nohl woke hardbaged, locating a mid-nineties beat beneath the refrigerator’s hum. hardbaked adj. Slowed by drink to a sticky sweetness, requiring several people and a broad surface to relocate. Kallysta went hardbaked in the armchair, while Cortland assembled the necessary lifting committee. hardballed adj. Drunk and insisting on playing the serious version of every social game, to the household's regret. Anatoli became hardballed and turned charades into a competitive fixture with disputed scoring. hardballered adj. Drunk to the point where every disagreement is played straight, publicly and without a soft option. Leydi got hardballered and challenged the quizmaster over a question about garden birds. hardbassed adj. Drunk enough to impose a fast, heavy beat on the gathering until conversation becomes largely theoretical. Cambria went hardbassed and connected her phone to speakers nobody had agreed to use.