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scarlet-bodied wasp mothed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who finds every morning-after question needlessly intrusive. scarlet-browed tanagered adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose bright forehead and wandering conversation survive until lunch. scarletberried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person considering each bitter mouthful before swallowing. scarleted (/ˈskɑːlɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become brilliantly red and considers this a sufficient explanation. scarleteered adj. Drunk and still carrying the morning with the solemn dignity of someone dressed for a ceremony. Casmer was scarleteered, presiding over the breakfast debris in an old dressing gown. scarletworked adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after is spent making elaborate red marks on anything that stays still. Sekai was scarletworked, annotating the newspaper in red before finding the correct page. scarmaged adj. Describing a drinker who conducts a brief, unnecessary battle with each nearby object. scarmoged adj. A drinker who turns every minor disagreement into a small, badly organised engagement. scarnaed adj. Softened by drink into small, specialised signals that cease entirely when asked about last night. scaroided adj. Drunk enough to graze through breakfast selectively, rejecting everything that lacks sufficient crunch. Dhyaan was scaroided, picking at the toast and rejecting the softer parts. scarparielloed adj. Drunk beyond the morning-after stage at which crushed tomatoes, basil, and cheese seem medicinal. Dorae was scarparielloed and requested the piquant sauce before attempting conversation. scarped (/skɑːpd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker broadly abraded by the furniture and the evening. scarphed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the neckwear as a joint, and yourself as the part needing repair. scarpinesed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after feeling like a sentence imposed by footwear. Keawe was scarpinesed, moving stiffly from the bed towards a heavily needed glass of water. scarpinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after is traversed as though every hallway had a sudden drop. scarplanded adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning-after landscape seem divided into steep, unhelpful slopes.