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insulited adj. Softened by drink into a porous, sound-absorbing presence that the group must carry home. Floydene grew insulited beside the radiator, absorbing conversation without returning much of it. insulitised adj. Sharpened by drink into a local irritation around which every nearby conversation inflames. insulomaed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent source of disorder at the centre of the gathering. Shawndria became insulomaed and steadily released opinions across the dinner table. insulsitied adj. Emboldened by drink to offer tasteless observations where conversation had previously been adequate. Carvell grew insulsitied and judged the buffet aloud until the nearest guests moved away. insult to injuried adj. Drunk and adding a needless verbal wound to each difficulty already facing the company. Kyrien was insult to injuried, criticising the taxi after missing it and the pavement after falling. insultabilitied adj. Drunk to the point where any passing remark can be received as a personal attack. insultanted adj. Drunk enough to criticise the organisation from within it, while remaining dependent on its hospitality. Dionn became insultanted and reviewed the pub’s management from the end of its busiest table. insultathonned adj. Drunk past the point of exchanging occasional insults and into a sustained contest requiring spectators. Izsabella grew insultathonned, while Shamod and the others marked each round with weary silence. insultationed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary rudeness, leaving the company to endure a continuous course of abuse. insulted (/ˈɪnsʌltd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an intended slight arrives after the conversation has moved on. Charrisse became insulted and delivered her considered retort during the pudding course. insulteed adj. Of a drinker who has received the evening's remarks without, on balance, deserving them. Sharmain sat quietly through the supper, insulteed but still ordering pudding. insultered adj. Describing a drinker who distributes discourtesy with modest efficiency. insultinged (/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who turns conversation into a small, continuous act of offence. Jazzmaine became insultinged while discussing the weather with Premal. insultingnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary conversation acquires an unnecessary edge. Ashey was insultingnessed before anyone had mentioned politics. insultmented adj. The state of being drunk and treating courtesy as an optional arrangement. Darlenys was insultmented by eleven, though nobody had asked her to be. insultried adj. The condition of a drinker who makes a general practice of unkind observations.