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sympathied (/ˈsɪm.pəθ.id/) adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to feel sorry for everyone, including those enjoying themselves. Dairus grew sympathied and apologised to the bar for the noise made by the fruit machine. sympathinned adj. You are drunk and releasing household quantities of adrenaline whenever someone mentions the kitchen. Jonny was sympathinned, releasing household quantities of adrenaline whenever anyone mentioned the kitchen. sympathisered adj. Drunk beyond merely supporting one side; every argument at the bar now has a cause. sympathisinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every tale of woe receives a serious nod and another round. Marks became sympathisinged and listened tenderly to a stranger's account of a disappointing kebab. sympathismed adj. Of a drinker: making a martyrdom of fetching water, despite having chosen the sofa voluntarily. Cleal got sympathismed and described the journey from sofa to tap as a personal trial. sympathisted adj. Of a drinker who has made the sofa a place of shared suffering, and expects the room to acknowledge it. sympathizered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every quarrel in the snug appear worth supporting. sympathizinged adj. Drunk to a degree that pity is offered indiscriminately, including to abandoned half-pints. sympathoactivationed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the pulse, the room and the landlord as matters of urgency. sympathoblasted adj. Drunk on the strength of two possible futures, neither yet committed to a sensible one. sympathoexcitationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and visibly galvanised by every creak of the bar stool. sympathoinhibitioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and suppressing all useful caution while retaining the urge to speak. sympathoinhibitored adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically opposed to any restraint the landlord attempts to impose. Celerino was sympathoinhibitored and regarded the raised chairs as a personal challenge. sympatholysised adj. Still drunk, and dismantling the body's sensible response to another invitation from the bar. sympatholyticked adj. Having drunk enough to quieten the body's objections and continue cheerfully through closing time. sympathomimesised adj. Having drunk more than enough to imitate the body's lively response to danger whenever the crisps arrive.