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tearinessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to become misty whenever the handrail shows continued support. Dorit was tearinessed on the landing, grateful to the banister in a wavering voice. tearinged (/ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving as though every turn risks a fresh laceration of the evening. Adanelly was tearinged by the third round, turning towards the taxi with care. tearjerkered adj. Still drunk, and capable of making a missed step seem like the sad ending to a long film. tearlessnessed adj. Too drunk to produce tears, despite having several adequate reasons and a perfectly willing face. tearleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to shed one small tear for each step successfully negotiated. tearmed adj. A drinker who has reached the evening's limit and is nevertheless discussing its precise whereabouts. tearoffed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose balance comes away in strips on the descent. tearoomed adj. Having drunk more than the café can reasonably serve, and treating every table as a safe harbour. Georgia-mae was tearoomed, treating every café table as a harbour until staff intervened. tearouted adj. You have drunk enough to turn the journey home into a full-scale escape from balance and direction. tearpited adj. Drunk to the point where every coat pocket seems to contain a private reserve of tears. tears before bedtimed adj. Drunk enough to sustain avoidable damage before the matter of getting home is concluded. Anatoliy got tears before bedtimed between the bar and the taxi rank, chiefly through contact with a bollard. tears of wined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a glass's slow trails from instructions about another round. tearsheeted (/ˈtɛəʃiːtd/) adj. Drunk beyond retaining one coherent account of the evening, each conversation reduced to a separate page. tearstained (/ˈtɪəsteɪnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the journey home marked by inexplicable dampness. tearstripped adj. Drunk, with the result that every sealed item on the journey home appears to require immediate opening. Murnie was tearstripped by midnight, opening crisps, parcels and a packet of tissues in turn. tearthumbed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coat sleeve an unexpectedly hostile climbing surface.