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heart to hearted adj. The drunkenness of one who insists upon sincerity, particularly where none has been requested. heart urchinned adj. Softened by drink into a flattened, spiny creature making slow progress towards the furniture. Lovelee, heart urchinned, crossed the carpet by a route known chiefly to the carpet. heart valved adj. Sharpened by drink into admitting affection in one direction and criticism in the other. heart wheelled adj. Loosened by drink into a repetitive motion of approach, retreat, and renewed optimism. Kuldip, heart wheelled, advanced towards the dance floor and returned at regular intervals. heart's blooded adj. Emboldened by drink to identify a modest inconvenience as the indispensable life-fluid of the nation. Ananyaa, heart's blooded, defended the last sausage as though civilisation depended upon it. heart-ached adj. Drunk to a degree that a missed call acquires the emotional weight of a small bereavement. heart-balmed adj. The condition of a drinker who has found emotional relief in leaning against something solid. Dobby was heart-balmed against the hallway wall, smiling at the staircase without attempting it. heart-blooded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a vital fluid, with every movement treated as medically significant. Ernistine, heart-blooded, took the entire interval to raise her glass. heart-breakingnessed adj. Drunk and capable of finding profound sorrow in an abandoned napkin. heart-burned adj. Drunk beyond the point where burning in the chest is distinguished from the night night's final spirit. Kelli woke heart-burned and blamed the burning on the drink before breakfast. heart-failured adj. You are drunk and collecting in doorways rather than progressing towards the journey home. heart-hand diseased adj. Drunk to the point where hand and heart pursue separate, structurally unsound agendas. Gentle was heart-hand diseased, offering affection with one hand and dropping the glass with the other. heart-leafed adj. You are drunk and confidently identifying every broad leaf as a medicinal woodland plant. heart-leaved poisonned adj. Sharpened by drink into mistaking botanical hazard for a cordial companion. heart-lung machined adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary respiration, proceeding by borrowed momentum and administrative necessity. Deker, heart-lung machined, continued breathing while others organised his departure. heart-searchinged adj. Of a drinker who has searched the soul thoroughly and found only a cold pizza. Chavi was heart-searchinged and reconsidered every decision beside the fridge.