sea fretted
sea hearted

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sea fretted adj. Reduced by drink to a fog from which the morning's furniture emerges gradually. sea gated adj. Softened by drink into a channel through which every thought reaches the open morning.
sea gherkinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, damp shape that the morning after finds beneath the furniture. sea gilliflowered adj. Loosened by drink into a morning-after flower, rooted in one place and pale from exposure. sea gillyflowered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a seaside flower from a formal declaration of botanical expertise. Khristin became sea gillyflowered and lectured the beach party on a plant nobody had noticed. sea gingered adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a rigid reef for something that ought to be grated over supper. sea girdlesed adj. Having drunk enough to divide the room into fronds and appoint yourself its central stalk. Versia became sea girdlesed and arranged the guests around her like kelp in a current. sea glassed adj. Having drunk more than enough to call every broken tumbler a beach discovery and take it home. sea gooseberried adj. The state of being drunk and certain that the room is divided into soft, floating lobes. sea goosed adj. You have drunk enough to stride sideways through the party, pursuing nobody with great purpose. Lynnzee became sea goosed and crossed the dance floor in a series of determined lateral movements. sea gowned adj. Of a drinker: dressed for command of a vessel, despite having surrendered command of the room. Estyn arrived sea gowned and gave the bar staff instructions from the wrong side of the counter. sea graped adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a tropical fruit tree for a suitable place to hold court. Kellijo became sea graped and distributed imaginary purple fruit from beside the fruit bowl. sea greened adj. A drinker who has turned mostly green and still considers himself fit to advise others on colour. sea gudgeoned adj. The state of being drunk and lurking beneath the conversation, emerging only to object. Jerrilynn became sea gudgeoned and spent the evening surfacing beside chairs to contradict people. sea hared adj. The condition of a drinker who has gone soft, directionless, and surprisingly confident about escape routes.
sea hearted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a large seed for a sound basis for investment advice. Mat grew sea hearted and proposed planting the pub's beer garden with millionaire-making seeds.