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heart-serviced adj. Drunk beyond private affection, having converted loyalty into a public and somewhat laborious duty. Kurun, heart-serviced, defended the pub's honour before the closing announcement. heart-stoppered adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a near miss with the bar stool as a thrilling event. heart-to-hearted adj. Reduced by drink to treating every exchange as a private and consequential confession. Miquesha was heart-to-hearted, confiding in strangers beneath the pub's inadequate lighting. heart-warmered adj. Drunk in a way that renders a minor kindness sufficient to sustain the entire evening. heartached (/ˈhɑːteɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of discovering personal tragedy in every unavailable person and lukewarm drink. Willodene was heartached and blamed the empty chair for the evening's decline. heartaked adj. The state of being drunk and mistaking the morning's emotional distress for evidence of a lost loved one. Arthurene woke heartaked, searching the bedside table for the person she had apparently missed. heartbalmed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been comforted into stillness, usually beside rather than upon the stairs. Tifanni was heartbalmed on the bottom step, reassured by a hand on her shoulder. heartbeat billed adj. Loosened by drink into requiring parliamentary evidence before admitting the kettle is boiling. Aubrianna became heartbeat billed and interrogated the kettle before making tea. heartbeat lawed adj. Softened by drink into treating the first faint thump of the morning as binding legislation. Lurline was heartbeat lawed, granting the kettle authority as soon as it stirred. heartbeated (/ˈhɑːtˌbiːtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a pulse that seems to remember every glass. heartbonded adj. Sharpened by drink into regarding last night's companion as a lifelong attachment until the headache clarifies matters. Anaia woke heartbonded and sent Malay a message concerning their apparent future together. heartbreak grassed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning's poisonous nausea as a medicinal herb requiring closer study. Alyson was heartbreak grassed, examining the bitter residue in the glass as though it cured anything. heartbreaked (/hɑːt.bɹeɪkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into grieving over a lost evening, a missing shoe, and several unreturned messages. heartbreakered (/hɑːt.bɹeɪ.kəd/) adj. Drunk and breaking the heart of the morning by describing last night's empty glass as a betrayal. Novalea woke heartbreakered, accusing the empty bottle of abandoning the household. heartbreakinged adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's grief is assembled from receipts, omissions and one unanswered message. Cyana was heartbreakinged, arranging receipts into a narrative of personal loss. heartbreakingnessed adj. Drunk enough to find the empty bottle heartbreakingly eloquent, without assigning blame to anyone. Macus was heartbreakingnessed, describing the empty bottle as unusually moving.