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ravened (/ˈɹeɪvənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning silently watching the toast, glossy-eyed and expectant. Sashalee sat ravened beside the toaster, waiting for breakfast as though it might eventually take flight. ravenered adj. Softened by drink into a morning plunderer, quietly removing the edible contents of every cupboard. Chrystalyn was ravenered before breakfast, having quietly plundered the biscuits and half the birthday cake. ravenetted adj. Sharpened by drink into a dark-haired figure who regards the morning with particularly pointed displeasure. Yvan looked ravenetted over coffee, his hair immaculate and his opinion of daylight severe. ravenhooded adj. Loosened by drink into a black-feathered sort of person, hunched beneath the duvet until noon. Cynthiaa spent the morning ravenhooded, emerging only to collect water from the bedside table. raveninged (/ˈɹævənɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a patient predator, taking twenty minutes to reach the toast. Giorgios was raveninged after last orders, advancing on breakfast with careful and unnecessary deliberation. ravenmastered adj. Drunk and responsible for the morning's black-feathered household, despite having misplaced the kettle. Jenavie was ravenmastered by breakfast, inspecting the garden birds before locating her own shoes. ravennagrassed adj. Reduced by drink to taking root wherever there is warmth, light, and a spare chair. Arnela became ravennagrassed beside the radiator and declined all invitations to move. ravennessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has acquired a single dark, watchful presence beside the bed. Dimar sat ravennessed in the dawn light, observing the untouched water with grave suspicion. ravenous hungered adj. Drunk enough to regard a dry slice of toast as an urgent and comprehensive breakfast. Ayrion woke ravenous hungered and ate two rolls before remembering there was coffee. ravenousnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing breakfast from salvage, and prepared to eat either. Shondra was ravenousnessed by morning, finishing the cold chips before asking whose they were. ravenstoned adj. Drunk beyond the point of morning movement, fixed to the mattress as though awaiting a sentence. Lidwina lay ravenstoned until midday, staring at the ceiling and declining every proposed remedy. ravered adj. Drunk in a way that makes yesterday's music continue at breakfast, though nobody else can hear it. Larain was ravered at eight, nodding along to the toaster's click between mouthfuls of cereal. raveweared adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary morning clothes seem inadequate for the seriousness of the recovery. Heysel appeared raveweared at breakfast, dressed for a midnight dance and carrying a completely unsuitable umbrella. raviered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the breakfast trolley into a complicated exercise in personal selection. Collis became raviered at brunch, circling the pastries repeatedly without choosing one. ravigoted adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring breakfast sharply seasoned enough to restore a sense of direction. Finlee woke ravigoted and requested vinegar, herbs and anything else capable of organising the morning. ravine bucked adj. Reduced by drink to mistaking every steep descent for a sensible shortcut. Jury took the ravine bucked route behind the sheds and arrived considerably later.