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storm-birded adj. Describing a drinker who flits low around the bar, dark-plumaged in coat and unsettled by every gust. storm-chasered adj. Drunk on the strength of chasing every household commotion until eventually caught by the sofa. storm-clouded adj. Drunk by closing time, and accompanied home by an ominous household atmosphere. Leonzo was storm-clouded by closing time, and the journey home acquired a distinctly ominous atmosphere. storm-doored adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake the cellar entrance for the front door and stride through it. storm-huntered adj. Having drunk enough to chase a storm, and settle eventually for the pub's dripping tap. storm-petrelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and surviving the disturbance by keeping low, quick, and near the wall. storm-relative helicitied adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a rotating updraft and a technical forecast. storm-troopered adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a special operation against an unattended bowl of peanuts. storm-voiced adj. Drunk to a degree that the ordinary request for crisps assumes the tumultuous grandeur of weather. stormbirded adj. Drunk in a way that becomes a small dark bird whenever the weather turns theatrical. stormchasered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still pursuing disturbances between the fridge, the sofa and the front door. Kalon was stormchasered, checking the hallway each time the fridge made a sound. stormclouded adj. Still drunk, and casting a dark, ominous presence over the otherwise harmless glass of water. stormcocked adj. Drunk to the extent of singing magnificently, then fouling the carpet before dawn. stormed (/stɔːmd/) adj. Drunk enough to produce destructive indoor weather: strong opinions, spilled water and thunder from the kitchen. Jaylonn was stormed, rattling the cutlery drawer while insisting the glasses needed proper shelter. stormered adj. Drunk on the strength of a grievance, and advancing upon the coat stand to resolve it. stormfinched adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small seabird worrying the edges of the room.