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smother mated adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every movement is blocked by the surrounding furniture and one's own belongings. Yeleni was smother mated, unable to leave bed because shoes and blankets occupied every route. smother-flied adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance circling the breakfast table and settling nowhere. smotherationed adj. Emboldened by drink to describe the morning's breathing as an administrative matter requiring immediate attention. Ednar woke smotherationed and opened every window before considering breakfast. smothered (/ˈsmʌðəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which the duvet, daylight and conversation all seem unnecessarily close. Christ lay smothered beneath the duvet, daylight and conversation, insisting the arrangement was deliberate. smothered mated adj. Drunk and immobilised by the morning's own accumulated clutter, with no legal move available. smotherered adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to suppress every conversation before it can breathe. smotherinessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning feels close, muffled and faintly airless, though the window is open. smotheringed adj. Drunk enough to compress the morning around yourself until even a helpful question feels physically obstructive. smotherweeded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing recovery from the dense, spreading vegetation of the garden. smouched (/smuːt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a farewell handshake from an invitation to kiss. Tannia became smouched while collecting coats and kissed the man holding her ticket. smouldered (/ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk beyond speech, retaining only a little heat and a faint trace of smoke from the previous evening. smoulderered adj. Drunk, with the result that yesterday's handsome intensity has become a quiet, immovable warmth. smoulderinged adj. A drinker so far gone that residual heat seems sufficient evidence for a fresh fire. Bralie, smoulderinged, confidently applied a match to the cold barbecue. smoulderingnessed adj. The state of being drunk and quietly certain that an ember is a practical source of warmth. smoused adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently peddles improbable goods to people who already own them. smousered adj. Reduced by drink to confidently trade in small objects whose ownership has not been established.