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troublespoted adj. Drunk beyond finding the pub's quietest corner; every table has become a flashpoint. troublinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes fetching another round feel like an act of distress. troublousnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that an ordinary pub journey acquires several unforeseen difficulties. Algot went troublousnessed between the bar and the toilets, though both remained visible. trouchmanned adj. Slowed by drink to translating ordinary speech into a lengthy, uncertain exchange. troued (/tɹaʊd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where trousers are clothing rather than a question requiring immediate discussion. trough laked adj. Drunk on the strength of several small pools of refreshment, each apparently separate. Demorris was trough laked after sampling every half-pint left on the table. trough lollied adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to contemplating the lavatory's final mint. trough shelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and closed up against any suggestion of going home. Malenda was trough shelled, answering every question with a slow, protective silence. trough valleyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and settled into a long depression from which conversation cannot escape. trough-shelled adj. Still drunk, and shut tight around the last opinion offered at the bar. Jocelin remained trough-shelled, refusing to revise the verdict on the pub's gravy. troughed (/tɹɒfd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of needing a long open receptacle for every remaining intention. Luigy was troughed and leaned along the bench as though it were feeding time. troughered adj. Too drunk to stop eating, particularly when the crisps have been put within reach. troughfulled adj. Sufficiently drunk to have filled the evening's capacity for lager, snacks and unsolicited advice. Sussan was troughfulled before midnight, with no room left for sensible decisions. troughinged adj. Having drunk enough to arrange the remaining glasses into a complete system of channels. Daejanay became troughinged and linked the pints with folded beer mats. troughwayed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can carry, with every thought running downhill. trounced (/tɹaʊnsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to suffer a thorough defeat at the hands of the bar stool. Eston was trounced by the bar stool and remained seated until the landlord intervened.