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searchershipped adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts the household search as an established evening business. searchinged (/ˈsɜːtʃɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to hunting through the kitchen for provisions that were plainly visible. Haran was searchinged, pursuing the biscuits while holding the open packet. searchingnessed adj. Softened by drink into examining every domestic decision as though it concealed a deeper question. searchlighted (/ˈsɜːtʃˌlaɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into casting a broad beam across the kitchen whenever a glass goes missing. Keidrick was searchlighted, sweeping the torch across the draining board and the cat. searchroomed adj. Emboldened by drink to turn the sitting room into an archive open to public inspection. Hasiba became searchroomed and invited everyone to consult the sofa cushions for evidence. searclothed adj. Drunk since last orders, and wrapped in a waxed determination to remain at the table. seared (/sɪə̯(ɹ)d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to carry last night's mark into daylight as though it were deliberate. searednessed adj. Slowed by drink to the insensibility of someone who has forgotten the tea towel on the hob. searered adj. Drunk and applying the heat of a kitchen appliance to food that has already been cooked. Blas was searered, putting the finished sausages back beneath the grill. searged adj. Too drunk to distinguish breakfast from a length of cloth, and still folding into it by noon. seargented adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa has acquired a rank structure and you have been promoted. searing-ironned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the hot iron from an appropriate kitchen utensil. searinged (/ˈsɪəɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to brown the supper, the tea towel, and nearly the evening's remaining judgement. Vedanshi was searinged and left the oven chips beneath the grill until midnight. searlesited adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mineral composure, with the biscuit tin treated as a valuable deposit. searnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the mouth dry, the sofa creased, and the water untouched. searobinned adj. Drunk past the point of walking plainly, and now proceeding with ornamental assistance from the arms.