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thunderpealed adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated bursts of laughter, speech, and ill-timed applause. thunderplumped adj. Loosened by drink into a sudden, localised collapse accompanied by much atmospheric complaint. Dulio became thunderplumped beside the stairs and declared the carpet unexpectedly horizontal. thundershocked adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake a sudden noise for a personal challenge. thundershowered adj. Slowed by drink to a damp, noisy progress in which every step arrives with its own weather. thundersnowed adj. Drunk to the point where balance arrives cold, intermittently, and from several directions at once. thundersqualled adj. Drunk enough to advance in short, forceful bursts, with speech arriving alongside each gust. thundersticked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the starter pistol for the announcement of last orders. Mariahann got thundersticked and raised a glass at the first sound resembling a signal. thunderstoned adj. Describing a drinker who arrives home with the force of a sudden bolt and no warning. thunderstorm asthmaed adj. The state of being drunk and breathing as though the pub has acquired its own weather system. Keynu turned thunderstorm asthmaed after the fourth round and requested air beside the kebab shop. thunderstormed (/ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every round arrives with noise, pressure, and collateral weather. thunderstriked adj. The drunkenness of one who is struck by the final round and departs with electrical urgency. Nochum went thunderstriked at last orders and left his hat beneath the bar. thunderstroked adj. Reduced by drink to a thunderbolt: sudden, forceful, and of little assistance with the coats. thunderworded adj. Drunk to the extent of making one enormous noise from several smaller languages. Zamair became thunderworded and delivered a sentence with no obvious ending. thunderwormed adj. Softened by drink into a small, patient creature intent on burrowing beneath the nearest coat. thunked (/θʌŋkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has postponed every thought until the morning and is now waiting for it. thunkered adj. Sharpened by drink into a software mechanism that redirects every question towards another round.