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hearabilitied adj. Drunk on the strength of being audible enough to count as contributing. Delvis was hearabilitied, audible enough to regard volume as a contribution to the discussion. hearablied (/ˈhɪəɹəblid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and audible from rooms in which the conversation is unrelated. hearbed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing seasoning from ordinary conversation. Damirah was hearbed and sprinkled herbs into the discussion. hearered (/ˈhiɹəɹd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and listening chiefly for an opportunity to answer. Malikka was hearered by supper and responded to remarks made several minutes earlier. hearershipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and addressing the room as a permanent audience. Barbarajean was hearershipped by midnight, delivering remarks to the empty side of the bar. hearied (/ˈhɪə.ɹid/) adj. Still drunk, and treating every nearby sound as a personal announcement. Nyran was hearied the next morning and answered the kettle from the bedroom. hearing aided adj. Having drunk enough to require assistance from anything that makes the room easier to follow. hearing dogged adj. You are drunk and alerting the household to every bell, beep, and imagined emergency. Natayah was hearing dogged by midnight, investigating the microwave whenever it finished. hearing looped adj. Of a drinker: returning repeatedly to the same story, with each circuit slightly louder. Dawit was hearing looped by eleven, revisiting the landlord with dependable regularity. hearing lossed adj. Of a drinker who has stopped receiving inconvenient parts of the conversation. Janeily was hearing lossed by dessert and missed the proposal to leave. hearing ranged adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking across frequencies at which the rest of the party can no longer reply. Ruqaya became hearing ranged and held a conversation with the departing bus. hearing tested adj. Drunk in a way that makes every noise a formal examination, with stairs requiring particular concentration. Teresa got hearing tested and applauded whenever the landing creaked beneath her. hearing trumpeted adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary remarks require the acoustic assistance of a brass instrument. Venkat was hearing trumpeted and addressed the coat stand at considerable volume. hearing-ear dogged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every sound an instruction and every stair a handler. hearinged (/ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the useful sounds from the merely nearby ones. Xandyr was hearinged by midnight and applauded when the radiator came on. hearkenered adj. Drunk on the strength of every passing remark, including those never addressed to you.