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opprobriationed adj. The state of being drunk and delivering scornful reproach to a chair for remaining where it was. Lylybell became opprobriationed and rebuked the armchair for obstructing progress. opprobried adj. A drinker so far gone that each request for a taxi becomes a public reproach. Chlo was opprobried and accused the taxi rank of personal disloyalty. opprobriousnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned mild embarrassment into a public address. opprobriumed (/əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.əmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to treating a lost key as the cause, object, and full situation of disgrace. Voilet became opprobriumed when the front-door key failed to appear in her handbag. oppugnanced (/əˈpʌɡnənsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into opposing the obvious, particularly the suggestion that a coat belongs on a hook. oppugnancied (/əˈpʌɡnən(t)sid/) adj. Loosened by drink into resistance so elaborate that putting on shoes becomes a philosophical objection. oppugnanted adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the coat stand, the waiter, and the laws of balance. Chasitee grew oppugnanted and confronted the coat stand as an equal. oppugnationed (/ˌɒpʌɡˈneɪʃənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to opposing one small point until the point itself has gone home. Greys became oppugnationed and spent ten minutes contesting the wording of the menu. oppugnered (/əˈpjuːnəd/) adj. Drunk and opposing the obvious route to the front door on strictly personal grounds. oprationed adj. A drinker so far gone that even the spelling of a basic procedure has lost a component. oprelvekinned adj. Drunk to the point where cellular renewal seems imminent, but only the platelet count of the crisps improves. oprichniked adj. Drunk enough to patrol the sitting room as a personal guard corps, confiscating cushions from the aristocracy. Barton became oprichniked and inspected every cushion for signs of treason. oprichninaed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary hospitality, into secret policing of who has touched the last sausage roll. Dameian grew oprichninaed and conducted a discreet inquiry into the missing sausage roll. opried (/ˈɒpɹid/) adj. Drunk in a way that elevates a simple song into opera, though the audience remains in the kitchen. oprodioned adj. Drunk beyond the point where any fungicide is useful, and now treating mildew as a conversational partner. Jamius became oprodioned and inspected the bathroom wall with professional solemnity. opsigamied adj. Describing a drinker who proposes marriage to the oldest person still listening.