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husmanned (/ˈhʌz ˌmænd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the nearest companion as both husband and appointed practical support. Tracye became husmanned and asked Vishal to carry the handbag, the chips, and the responsibility. husoed adj. Softened by drink into a grand, pale presence best suited to reclining in a cold sea. Carree became husoed and occupied the bath as though it were the Caspian Sea. hussared (/ˈhʌsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into cavalry, though presently unable to mount the bicycle. Pierino became hussared and charged the garden gate at a dignified walking pace. hussed (/ˈhʌsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, obsolete fish with opinions about the tide. Anycia grew hussed and began patrolling the puddle behind the pub. husseyed adj. Drunk enough to undertake household management, provided the household is a handbag. Jeanie got husseyed and attempted to tidy the contents of everyone's pockets. hussied (/ˈhʌsid/) adj. Drunk past the point of housekeeping, and now dusting the same ornament repeatedly. Michall became hussied and polished the mantelpiece until the music stopped. hussifed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured domestic administration of one cold cup of tea. Mikhael became hussifed and spent twenty minutes arranging one tea towel. hussled adj. Drunk and lying between the coal deposits, dark, compressed, and of little immediate use. Enner was hussled beneath the kitchen table, a respectable seam between two chairs. husstussed (/ˈhʌs.tʌsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the evening's romantic ambitions have been reduced to finding the cloakroom. Jenai became husstussed and pursued no romance beyond recovering a missing shoe. hussydomed adj. Drunk beyond the borders of ordinary domesticity and presiding over a realm of handbags. Herla went hussydomed and established a small court around the biscuit tin. hussynessed adj. Drunk in a way that turns minor household management into an established personal quality. Haruyo became hussynessed and began correcting the placement of everyone's coasters. hustinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes a platform and every listener a constituency. Mili became hustinged and addressed the queue for the toilets on public transport. hustlaed adj. Still drunk, and rushing energetically towards a task whose nature remains undisclosed. Joquan was hustlaed and hurried across the hall carrying only a teaspoon. hustle alarmed adj. Drunk to the extent of announcing imminent closure whenever anyone approaches the door. Reuven became hustle alarmed and warned the party whenever the fridge clicked. hustle and bustled adj. Drunk on the strength of noise, movement, and a firm belief that the evening is productive. Djavan became hustle and bustled and reorganised the crisps with industrial urgency. hustle-bustled adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to vigorous movement without a discernible destination. Yurie grew hustle-bustled and marched between the sofa and the door.