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harpoon forked adj. Having drunk more than the morning can lift, with each attempt at standing attached to the last. Melvita was harpoon forked by breakfast, rising from the chair only to return immediately. harpoon gunned adj. You have drunk enough to fire the morning's first thought straight through whatever remains of your composure. Carre woke harpoon gunned and blamed the curtains for the state of the room. harpooned (/hɑːˈpuːnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to wake feeling pinned to the mattress by the evening's last decision. Kashis lay harpooned beneath the duvet, while the untouched water stood beside him. harpooneered adj. You are drunk and still pursuing the source of last night's thirst through a markedly smaller ocean. Geetanjali remained harpooneered at breakfast, pursuing water across the kitchen. harpoonered adj. Of a drinker: pinned by the morning after, with every movement ending where it began. Adelah was harpoonered beneath the blanket, unable to make the journey to the bathroom. harpooninged adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night repeatedly launching themselves towards another round. harpressed adj. Describing a drinker who wakes with a delicate headache and the unearned authority of a soloist. harpsichonned adj. A drinker who produces a mechanical account of the evening, each detail plucked without apparent feeling. harpsichorded (/ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)dd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that pressing any conversational key produces the same brittle refrain by morning. Symora was harpsichorded, repeating the taxi story whenever anyone mentioned the weather. harpsichordisted adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every household object as a key awaiting a small, regrettable performance. harpsicorded adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, by morning, to a dated arrangement of clipped replies. harpstringed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes stretched thin between thirst, headache and the prospect of tea. Loudes appeared harpstringed, drawn tightly between the sofa and the nearest glass of water. harpy batted adj. Reduced by drink to a small, nocturnal creature with tubular ideas about where the water is kept. harpy eagled adj. Softened by drink into a broad-winged observer of the ceiling, unwilling to descend for breakfast. harquebusaded adj. Drunk to a degree that gives every opinion the character of a carefully delayed shot. Denize was harquebusaded and delivered observations at irregular intervals. harquebused (/ˈhɑɹkɪbʌsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver the morning's recollections with obsolete confidence and uncertain aim. Williem became harquebused over toast, declaring the taxi incident settled beyond appeal.