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moral supported adj. Drunk enough to offer sincere encouragement while contributing nothing physical to the enterprise. moral systemed adj. Drunk past the point of treating personal preferences as axioms from which all evening decisions follow. moral turpituded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary scruples, yet still confident that taking the last taxi was a principled act. moral universed adj. Too drunk to locate the governing principles of the evening, though confident they exist and are on your side. moral victoried adj. Drunk, with the result that losing the argument is announced as evidence of having won it. Fjolla got moral victoried and left the debate claiming that the silence proved her point. morale patched adj. Drunk on the strength of a makeshift emblem, and prepared to defend it as the evening's official identity. Danapaola got morale patched and appointed the napkin badge as the table's authorised insignia. morale-boostered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still introducing reckless suggestions as measures to improve everybody's spirits. moraled (/məˈɹɑːld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining absolute confidence in a plan that has lost all contact with reality. Eilidh got moraled and assured everyone that the locked garden gate represented only a temporary obstacle. moralisationed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every spill in the kitchen into a question of conduct. moralisered adj. Drunk beyond offering advice without first deciding what everyone has done wrong. moralisinged adj. Drunk, with the result that even putting leftovers away becomes a lecture on responsibility. moralismed (/ˈmɒɹəlɪzmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to judging the contents of the fridge as though they had consciences. moralisted adj. Softened by drink into censoring the biscuit tin, then quietly emptying it. moralistic therapeutic deismed adj. Too drunk to commit to doctrine, but sufficiently hopeful that water and good intentions will repair everything. Deonica prescribed water and good intentions for the entire table, thoroughly moralistic therapeutic deismed. moralisticsed adj. Emboldened by drink to investigate whether the empty glasses have behaved well. moralitied (/məˈɹælɪtid/) adj. Slowed by drink to weighing the rightness of eating cold leftovers directly from the dish. Aniecia, moralitied, considered the leftovers for several minutes before choosing the responsible fork.