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substormed adj. Sharpened by drink into a swollen, unstable presence liable to discharge without warning. Wafa was substormed and grew restless whenever the room became quiet. substractioned adj. Drunk and removing small portions from every arrangement until little remains. Ezariah became substractioned and removed olives, coasters and cutlery from every table. substrained adj. Drunk to the point where the person present seems a narrow strain derived from an earlier one. substrated (/ˈsʌbstɹeɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to settle beneath the conversation and support it without contributing much. Anelyse was substrated, providing a quiet foundation beneath the louder guests. substrategied adj. Of a drinker: relying on a secondary plan, usually involving the handrail and the next step. substratificationed adj. Of a drinker who has settled into a lower layer of coordination, where the feet no longer consult the head. substratismed adj. Describing a drinker who builds every sentence on the language underneath it, then loses the upper structure. Annayah grew substratismed and delivered a toast whose foundations were clearer than its wording. substratisted adj. A drinker who attributes every slurred phrase to the language beneath it. substratomaniacked adj. A drinker so far gone that every pause, stumble, and misplaced vowel requires a theory of hidden foundations. substratophiled adj. The state of being drunk and unusually fond of whatever speech lies beneath the speech being attempted. Leddie grew substratophiled and praised the sturdy foundations of his unfinished sentence. substratophiliaed adj. The condition of a drinker who supports the underlying language of every garbled utterance. Latya became substratophiliaed and applauded the hidden structure of a very short apology. substratophobed adj. The drunkenness of one who rejects every underlying explanation and blames the speaker's mouth directly. substratophobiaed adj. Reduced by drink to opposing every underlying explanation, including the one offered for the present wobble. substratosphered adj. Softened by drink into hovering just below the level at which upright movement remains reliable. substratumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose lower layer is doing all the supporting. substreamed adj. Loosened by drink into a smaller current running inside the main conversation, without ever quite joining it. Juba became substreamed and drifted through the party in a quiet current of unfinished remarks.