sabreured
sac lacked

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sabreured adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every disagreement as a bout and expects an audience. sabrewinged adj. Softened by drink into hovering warmly over the company, despite having nowhere particular to land. Gissette grew sabrewinged and settled beside each guest as though they had invited her.
sabrominned adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting the company on matters nobody had raised. Kirtana became sabrominned and amended three guests' pronunciation before dessert. sabugalited adj. Loosened by drink into a crystalline assortment of opinions, each deposited on a different companion. sabulited adj. Emboldened by drink to announce difficult truths to people who had only asked about the weather. sabulositied adj. Slowed by drink to exchanging every social point in small, gritty increments. saburraed adj. Drunk and leaving a stale residue on every gathering after departing it. saburrationed adj. Drunk to the point where remaining in warm company feels like being buried in it. sabutanned adj. Drunk enough to weave the company into a broad, practical shelter around oneself. sabzeed adj. Drunk beyond selecting a meal, relying instead on companions to point out anything green. Aliegha grew sabzeed and asked each guest to choose a vegetable on her behalf. sabzied (/səbˈziːd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns any green thing into a shared social obligation. sac and socked adj. Drunk in a way that grants personal jurisdiction over every dispute within earshot. Elaena was sac and socked and heard the argument about the playlist without being asked. sac bunted adj. Drunk since last orders, and quietly sacrificing personal dignity to advance somebody else's evening. sac flied adj. Drunk by the third round, and allowing the company to advance while making a conspicuous exit. sac fungused adj. Drunk by closing time, and releasing several immobile conversational spores among the company. Jacquilynn grew sac fungused and left one unfinished anecdote beside each guest.
sac lacked adj. Of a drinker: carrying an empty bladder of resolve into last orders.