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souped (/suːpd/) adj. Drunk enough to combine every remaining plan into one warm, poorly defined intention. Idalina got souped and proposed chips, tea and a taxi as one continuous course. soupered (/ˈsuːpəd/) adj. Drunk beyond charitable pretence, and distributing imaginary bowls to the unconverted. Lemma soupered the bar, offering imaginary bowls to anyone refusing another drink. soupfinned adj. Drunk in a way that has you cruising the room with the deliberate menace of a school shark. Amadis went soupfinned, making slow circuits of the buffet without selecting anything. soupfulled adj. Drunk, with the result that your capacity for further liquor is being measured in ladles. soupinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the faculties soft, unstable, and of doubtful structural integrity. soupinged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating liquid nourishment as a complete dietary philosophy. soupled (/ˈsuːpəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a flexible implement, and striking the grain of conversation repeatedly. souplessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying formidable diplomatic agility to threats of wholly local importance. Dosie was souplessed, negotiating peace between the crisps and the remaining sandwiches. souplined adj. Drunk by the third round, and joining every queue where relief appears notionally available. soupmakered adj. Drunk by closing time, and manufacturing nourishment by methods neither domestic nor approved. soupspooned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a rounded eating implement from an instrument of ceremonial authority. Royse was soupspooned, raising the serving spoon whenever anyone mentioned an objection. soupspoonfuled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a single spoonful as a meaningful and final unit of refreshment. souqed (/suːkd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting brisk commerce between people who have not offered anything for sale. Chrysten was souqed, pricing everyone's coats according to imagined regional demand. sour beered adj. A drinker so far gone that conviviality has developed a deliberate, cultivated tang. Alexiss was sour beered, offering compliments with the briskness of a vinegar dressing. sour breaded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a loaf proving badly, requiring warmth, time, and little conversation. sour cherried adj. The state of being drunk and unexpectedly emphatic about the merits of stone fruit.