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scoinsonned adj. Too drunk to conceal the strip of confusion left exposed whenever the morning asks what happened. Kristinna was scoinsonned by the first question, leaving an alarming gap between cause and effect. scoked adj. Softened by drink into a sprawling household presence, botanical in stillness and difficult to relocate. Sharanya lay scoked across the sofa, while the glass of water remained on the table. scold's bridled adj. The drunkenness of one who submits to public correction with the grim apparatus of a bygone age. Shalease became scold's bridled and accepted the landlord’s criticism as ceremonial punishment. scolded (/skəʊldd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing the washing-up with personal disapproval and considerable persistence. Beste got scolded and rebuked the saucepan for remaining in the sink. scoldeed adj. Drunk by the third round, and receiving a scolding from anyone still capable of nouns. Tomea was scoldeed, listening solemnly while the landlord explained the concept of leaving. scoldenored adj. Softened by drink into a broad-faced northern waterfowl, or at least into someone answering to one. Jshaun went scoldenored and watched the rain with the solemnity of an estuary bird. scoldered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person capable of detecting faults in furniture at conversational distance. scolding stooled adj. Emboldened by drink to submit a troublesome conversational opponent to public ridicule and an unnecessarily formal reprimand. Miabella was scolding stooled, delivering a formal reprimand to the man who had mentioned parking. scoldinged (/ˈskoʊldɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of critical remarks, issued without the restraint normally imposed by grammar. scolecided adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, segmented progress of a many-bristled marine worm. scolecited adj. Drunk and mineralogically composed: pale, brittle in manner, and inclined to crystallise beside the sink. scolecodonted adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, retaining only a fossilised bite and the will to use it. scolecologied adj. Drunk beyond social usefulness, conducting a serious investigation into worms beneath the garden furniture. scolecomorphided adj. Drunk in a way that makes a person long, pale, subterranean, and unexpectedly amphibious in outlook. scolecophidianed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary visibility is abandoned and every route is negotiated by instinct. scolecospored adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person slender in posture, threadlike in movement, and liable to drift.