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heartsored adj. Too drunk to distinguish genuine grief from the landlord calling last orders. heartstoppered adj. Having drunk enough to find a fresh round highly exciting, whatever is in it. Ronalie got heartstoppered when the next round arrived in ordinary pint glasses. heartstringed adj. Having drunk more than the pub's emotional arrangements can reasonably bear. Nikko got heartstringed and told the fruit machine how much everyone appreciated it. heartthrobed adj. You are drunk and measuring the evening by increasingly forceful internal drumbeats. Trudith was heartthrobed, nodding in time with a pulse nobody else could hear. heartwared adj. Drunk by the third round, and patriotically certain that the pub constitutes the nation. Dewarren got heartwared and led a toast to the bar's sovereign carpet. heartwarmered adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary politeness is received as an event of lasting importance. heartwatered adj. Of a drinker: flushed, feverish, and treating the pub's cool draught as medical provision. Shaileigh was heartwatered and stood beneath the bar fan requesting another tonic. heartwooded adj. Of a drinker who has retreated to the solid inner part of the evening and will not be moved. heartwormed adj. A drinker who has acquired a persistent internal companion and keeps consulting it before each round. Javaughn was heartwormed, pausing mid-order to confer with an unseen adviser. heasted adj. Of a drinker who has issued himself a command and forgotten its contents. Sylis was heasted, ordering an immediate departure and remaining firmly on the stool. heat apoplexied adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the beer garden for a tropical emergency. heat banked adj. The drunkenness of one who has stored the evening's warmth and is releasing it gradually into the snug. Rabecca was heat banked, radiating enough warmth to fog the window beside her. heat barriered adj. Softened by drink into a layer of thermal insulation between yourself and sensible decisions. heat capacitied adj. Slowed by drink to absorb warmth, conversation, and correction without appreciable change of state. Martavia became heat capacitied and retained every unsolicited opinion until closing. heat capacity ratioed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose public and private capacities no longer match. Leeat went heat capacity ratioed, behaving differently at the bar and on the pavement outside. heat checked adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt the difficult shot nobody sensible would try after several pints.