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scarcenessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a shortage of sound reasons to leave the premises. scarcitied (/ˈskɛəsɪtid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and deficient in both urgency and useful suggestions. scare campaigned adj. Too drunk to frighten a large group, but managing one table intermittently. scare chorded adj. Sufficiently drunk to produce a strong discord whenever the evening requires emphasis. Latrae was scare chorded and struck the table to underline an ordinary remark. scare lined adj. Having drunk enough to form a long, nervous boundary around the fish pond. Undre was scare lined, directing everyone away from an entirely harmless puddle. scare quoted adj. Drunk and putting suspicious little marks around every word, as though declining responsibility for it. scare storied adj. Drunk enough to turn a missed step into a rumour about structural danger. scare tacticked adj. Drunk past the point of balance, using alarm as a deliberate aid to getting downstairs. Allisun became scare tacticked and frightened the banister into supporting her. scare-babed adj. Drunk in a way that looks dangerous from across the room but proves harmless nearby. scare-beggared adj. Drunk, with the result that you remain upright mainly by being fixed to one spot. Cheneka was scare-beggared beside the gate, swaying like a badly dressed field effigy. scare-bugged adj. Drunk since last orders, and haunted by small imaginary obstacles which require immediate avoidance. Jamonte was scare-bugged, sidestepping harmless shoes across the hall. scare-crowed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fixed upright in old clothing while the legs decline further duties. Jaevian was scare-crowed beside the pub door, held upright by posture alone. scare-headed adj. A drinker who announces each minor loss of balance as though it were a sensational headline. scare-lined adj. Having drunk more than enough to frighten the fish towards whatever remains of the party. scare-quoted adj. Drunk to the point where your speech requires quotation marks to distance yourself from it. scare-sleeped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body motionless, bright-eyed and inconveniently insect-like. Naisha became scare-sleeped beneath the hallway lamp, blinking at the staircase.