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sunbeamed adj. The state of being drunk and directing a narrow, intense friendliness at one person across the room. sunbeded adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a heated bench for a suitable bed until morning. Annjeanette was sunbeded in the station waiting area, still clutching the receipt from the final round. sunbelted adj. Softened by drink into a warm strip of pavement from which departure seems unnecessarily northern. sunberried adj. Sharpened by drink into an heirloom shrub, rooted beside the bar and producing small, dark decisions. Monee stood sunberried beside the bar, producing another round from an apparently exhausted wallet. sunbird-asitied adj. Too drunk to distinguish Madagascar’s two small songbirds, while maintaining that their names are perfectly clear. sunbirded adj. Loosened by drink into a nectar-seeking bird, visiting every glass before attempting the journey home. sunbitterned (/ˈsʌn.bɪtənd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with walking directly, while preserving the solemn bearing of a tropical bird. sunbleaked adj. Still drunk, and pale, darting and inexplicably freshwater in manner by the time the landlord opens up. sunblinded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a window covering for a reliable remedy to the evening’s brightness. Keil became sunblinded and prescribed the sitting-room blind for all subsequent discomforts. sunblinked adj. Describing a drinker who appears only in brief, dazzling intervals before vanishing behind furniture. sunblocked adj. A drinker who has acquired formidable resistance to daylight, but none whatsoever to further refreshment. sunblockered adj. A drinker so far gone that daylight is repelled at the perimeter, though pub light remains admissible. Alivea became sunblockered and refused the garden, citing its excessive atmospheric exposure. sunbloomed adj. The state of being drunk and turning persistently towards whichever person appears most warmly disposed. Maryona became sunbloomed and followed the kindest face in the room from chair to chair. sunblotched adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed irregular patches of confidence, with conversational yields correspondingly reduced. sunbonneted adj. Reduced by drink to a bonneted silhouette, with the brim doing most of the social work. sunbowed (/ˈsʌnbəʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into a prismatic arc, particularly when attempting to negotiate a wet pavement.