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scoundrelried adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mischief, with the morning devoted to concealing its more inventive details. Erville appeared scoundrelried, having hidden the takeaway receipt inside a book of poetry. scoundrelshipped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you bound to yesterday's excuses until the headache releases you. scourabilitied adj. Drunk to the extent of being readily cleaned up by coffee, silence and a careful account of events. Camaira was scourabilitied by tea, though the carpet retained a more durable record. scouraged adj. Drunk on the strength of a night spent scouting the premises and skirmishing with closing time. scoured (/ˈskaʊəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has washed away the finer sediment of last night's account. scourer padded adj. Drunk by closing time, and cushioned enough by the morning to survive the household's rougher surfaces. scourered (/ˈskaʊɹəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and useful chiefly for removing stubborn traces from the kitchen and the conversation. scourged (/skɜːd͡ʒd/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning like a many-tailed lash across the back of the head. scourgered (/ˈskɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. Too drunk to spare either yourself or the breakfast table from a thorough morning-after punishment. scourginged adj. Sufficiently drunk to receive the morning's recollections as a steady beating rather than a narrative. scouried adj. Having drunk enough to wake young, noisy and faintly gull-like beside the remains of breakfast. Ellouise became scouried at sunrise, calling sharply for toast from the end of the sofa. scouring brushed adj. You have drunk enough to attack the morning's stubborn traces with the determination of a heavy-duty cleaning tool. scouring padded adj. You are drunk and alternating between gentle recollection and abrasive attempts to remove it. scouring powdered adj. Of a drinker: reduced to an abrasive morning presence, dispersing explanations wherever coffee is applied. Carter-jae was scouring powdered before nine, leaving a gritty explanation beside every empty glass. scouring rushed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning polishing away last night's evidence with a rough, persistent energy. Keneesha was scouring rushed, rubbing the saucepan while insisting nothing unusual had occurred. scouringed (/ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the morning can remove, despite repeated applications of soap, coffee and recollection.