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obtundednessed adj. Describing a drinker who responds to each obstacle only after making contact with it. Remmel was obtundednessed, discovering the doorframe by walking into it. obtundented adj. A drinker who has blunted every sharp sensation, including the warning delivered by the kerb. Adalhi was obtundented and treated the banister as a decorative suggestion. obtundered adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has been blunted to a general impression of uprightness. Vardan was obtundered and considered leaning against the wall a form of standing. obtunditied adj. The state of being drunk and possessed of dulled senses, limited awareness and unreliable knees. Robbi was obtunditied, with the staircase arriving sooner than expected. obturacled adj. The condition of a drinker who has plugged the usual passage between intention and movement. Adger was obturacled, with each instruction stopping somewhere before the legs. obturaculed adj. The drunkenness of one who has sealed off the connection between hearing and replying. Gratian was obturaculed and answered questions several steps after they were asked. obturaculumed adj. Reduced by drink to a bodily plug between thought and action, with the stairs on the far side. Ivry was obturaculumed and waited for his feet to receive further instructions. obturationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and stopping up every route to the bar except the one for another drink. Omed was obturationed, blocking the way out while insisting there was time for another round. obturatored adj. Drunk by closing time, and obstructing the doorway with the quiet certainty of a permanent fixture. Daim stood obturatored in the entrance, preventing three coats and one taxi from proceeding. obturatoriused adj. Still drunk, and taking the route home by whichever nerve seems least obstructed. Bryanie went obturatoriused, crossing the road only when the pavement permitted it. obtusaquinoned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the night bus from a chemical formula, and waiting patiently for either. Seavy became obtusaquinoned outside the pub, studying the timetable as though it were laboratory notation. obtuse angled adj. Sufficiently drunk to take every corner at more than ninety degrees and less than one hundred and eighty. Irfan came obtuse angled round the coat stand and carried a chair with him. obtuse horn shelled adj. Drunk enough to retract entirely into yourself and require considerable patience before you will re-emerge. Johnea went obtuse horn shelled around the third glass and stopped answering direct questions. obtuse triangled adj. Having drunk more than two sides of the evening can reasonably contain, with one angle plainly refusing to behave. Dynasty was obtuse triangled between the bar, the exit and an unnecessary final round. obtuse-angled triangled adj. You have drunk enough to make every journey home a three-cornered affair with one corner too wide. Anyshia became obtuse-angled triangled between two coats and the last available taxi. obtusenessed adj. You are drunk and treating clear instructions about coats, taxis and last orders as optional suggestions. Elarni was obtusenessed when told the pub had closed, and asked whether that applied to this particular table.