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ushabtied (/uːˈʃabtid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to delegate your unfinished duties to an imaginary funerary servant. ushankaed (/uːˈʃɑːŋkəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake in the morning still wearing earflaps, with no account of the weather. ushed (/juːʒd/) adj. Drunk beyond usual household practice, including the customary route from sofa to sink. usheranced adj. You have drunk enough to turn guiding people indoors into the evening's principal occupation. Jaquelinee became usheranced after supper, escorting everyone repeatedly between kitchen and sitting room. usherdomed adj. You are drunk and have appointed yourself responsible for the seating arrangements, including your own. ushered (/[ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]d/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and escorting people to seats they have already chosen. Jaworski was ushered by midnight, arranging the breakfast table as though it were a cinema. usherered adj. Of a drinker: bringing in the morning with a vague sense that everyone requires escorting. usheressed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night seating people and the morning reseating them. Kabishayan was usheressed, moving breakfast guests between chairs without apparent purpose. usheretted adj. Describing a drinker who continues escorting people to seats after the room has emptied. Chantise was usheretted at sunrise, guiding nobody towards the kitchen table. usheringed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is treated as a procession requiring personal guidance. usherinned adj. A drinker who has become unusually selective about who may sit where, despite having forgotten why. Hebert was usherinned, barring the kitchen stool while unable to find his own shoes. ushershipped adj. The state of being drunk and holding an unpaid office of domestic seating management. Rebertha was ushershipped, assigning seats in the sitting room after the pub closed. ushikulided adj. The condition of a drinker who has suppressed every sensible morning response, including the wish to leave bed. Xianna was ushikulided, declining coffee with the calm of someone beyond persuasion. ushionied adj. The drunkenness of one who rises from sleep with a solemn, bovine conviction that the room is hostile. ushiromotared adj. Reduced by drink to backing into obstacles with confidence, forcing yourself steadily farther from the intended exit. ushkovited adj. Softened by drink into a mineral state: pale, heavy, and unpersuaded by the prospect of breakfast.