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shreeked adj. A drinker so far gone that the first sound of the morning is a sharp objection to the curtains. shreeved adj. Drunk since last orders, and presiding over the morning's disorder with obsolete authority. Elle-jane remained shreeved at breakfast, issuing solemn instructions about the whereabouts of the kettle. shrew moled adj. Still drunk, and burrowing through the morning as though the curtains represented a considerable depth of earth. shrew opossumed adj. Too drunk to face daylight, and carrying the evening about in a private pouch of forgotten objects. Elo woke shrew opossumed, producing coins, a teaspoon and an unfamiliar key from one pocket. shrew possumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning pouching receipts, keys and other evidence of poor planning. shrew-faced squirrelled adj. Having drunk enough to wake alert, small-eyed and intent on hiding every questionable acquisition. shrewarded adj. Having drunk more than good sense permits, and facing the morning as a minor scoundrel among the crockery. shrewdied adj. You have drunk enough to discover, by morning, that cunning is not a substitute for remembering where you parked. shrewditied adj. You are drunk and making clever distinctions between last night's facts, none of which survive examination. shrewdnessed adj. Of a drinker: possessed of considerable morning-after cleverness, mostly applied to denying obvious evidence. shrewdomed adj. Of a drinker who has made the morning a small realm of complaints, corrections and carefully managed silence. shrewed (/ʃɹuːd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the morning in short, nocturnal bursts. Khiem was shrewed by breakfast, appearing briefly whenever someone opened a cupboard. shrewishnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has carried last night's irritation into breakfast and given it administrative form. shrewmoused adj. A drinker who emerges after daylight only to collect crumbs, water and a little more sleep. shriek owled adj. The drunkenness of one who greets dawn with wide eyes and an unnecessary cry from the darkest room. shrieked (/ʃɹiːkd/) adj. The state of being drunk and answering the morning's ordinary noises with a single sharp cry. Lemmon was shrieked when the kettle clicked off, though nobody else had noticed it.