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haunteed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes companions behave as though a spirit, rather than you, requires supervision. hauntered adj. Drunk to the extent of repeatedly revisiting the same people, conversations, and unattended glasses. haunting groundsed adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the usual drinking places for territory requiring patrol. Camrey was haunting groundsed and returned to each bar she had already left. hauntinged adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the old house without quite entering it. Regena was hauntinged, appearing in the hallway whenever anyone mentioned leaving. hauntingnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who remains in the room after the conversation has moved on. Jacob-john became hauntingnessed and listened politely to a discussion held elsewhere. hauntologied (/hɔːnˈtɒlədʒid/) adj. Softened by drink into carrying several earlier evenings into the current one. Akari became hauntologied and asked whether the bar had always played that particular song. hauntologisted adj. Reduced by drink to explaining the present through things that have already happened. Chiquita grew hauntologisted and attributed the silence to a discontinued political movement. hauocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced the furniture has suffered widespread devastation. Keianna became hauocked and surveyed the lounge as though a siege had just concluded. haupiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person with a firm view of coconut pudding. Keyin was haupiaed and assessed the dessert with unnecessary concentration. haused (/hɔːsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the front of the boat, yet determined to steer it. Lazaro got haused and directed the group from behind the umbrella stand. hausened adj. Loosened by drink into a long, pale presence that moves without urgency. Cameca was hausened across the dance floor, broad and unhurried among the chairs. hausfraued adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning-after restoring domestic order with the solemnity of a household institution. Fron woke hausfraued and reorganised the washing-up before permitting anyone to discuss last night. hausmannited adj. Emboldened by drink to become dark, dense and useful chiefly as an ore. hausse-colled (/(h)oʊs.kɑld/) adj. Drunk and protected at the neck, though not especially elsewhere. Quin was hausse-colled, protected at the neck while the rest of the evening collapsed. haussed (/(h)oʊsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to making each adjustment with the care of an obsolete weapon sight. Sonakshi was haussed, correcting her aim at the coat stand by small degrees. haustellated adj. Drunk to the point where nourishment is obtained through a narrow projecting tube.