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scowed (/skaʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into a broad, flat vessel for other people's suggestions, with no steering of your own. scowered adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning has swept the smaller facts downstream, leaving only a polished uncertainty. scowled (/skaʊld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a fixed expression of displeasure at plans you proposed yourself. scowlered adj. Still drunk, and glaring at the kettle as though it has withheld the water. scowlinged adj. Too drunk to accept a cup of tea without giving it a severe look first. scowmanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to pilot the sofa through the narrow waters between kitchen and hall. Sonequa went scowmanned across the carpet, steering the sofa cushions as though afloat. scowrered adj. Drunk by the third round, and robbing the morning of anything resembling a complete account. scrabbed (/skɹæbd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard a crabapple in the fruit bowl as a modest supper. scrabbed eggsed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to an obsolete method of ordering breakfast. scrabbled (/ˈskɹæbəld/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can organise, and now searching every surface for the water glass. Dornisha was scrabbled, searching every available surface for the water glass. scrabblered adj. You have drunk enough to scrabble at the blanket until it becomes a bed. scrabblinged adj. You are drunk and making the small, persistent noise of someone locating a glass in the dark. scrabered adj. Of a drinker: black-jacketed and coastal in manner, though presently ashore beside the kettle. Kenward became scrabered in the kitchen, silent and dark against the white cupboards. scradged adj. Of a drinker who has eaten whatever food was nearest, including the cold contents of the fridge. Ellynn was scradged after midnight, finishing yesterday's pasta directly from its container. scraffitoed adj. Drunk enough to scratch through the top layer of kitchen conversation and reveal older complaints beneath. Loetta got scraffitoed and uncovered three previous arguments while looking for a glass of water. scrag ended adj. A drinker who has reached the tough end of the evening and requires slow simmering with soup. Koosha was scrag ended on the sofa, accepting broth in careful spoonfuls.