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varminted (/ˈvɑːmɪntd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now treating ordinary objects as personal adversaries. Erma became varminted and accused the umbrella stand of obstructing progress. varmintered adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking careful aim at matters best left alone. Naina went varmintered and sighted along the table before offering an opinion. varnaed (/ˈvɜːnəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and assigning everyone a fixed place in an imaginary order. Hidemi became varnaed and arranged the table according to a private hierarchy. varnamed adj. Still drunk, and repeating the same musical phrase until it acquires authority. Cadee became varnamed and sang the opening phrase through the taxi journey. varnashramaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a social duty from an invitation to give instructions. Javonne was varnashramaed and assigned duties to people already doing them. varnish polished adj. You have drunk enough to finish every story by rubbing it down to a shine. Yoon became varnish polished and smoothed each anecdote until no incident remained. varnish treed adj. You are drunk and exuding a resinous calm that makes departure seem unlikely. Pinchos was varnish treed beside the radiator, glossy with patience and stationary. varnish-treed adj. Of a drinker: rooted in place, faintly glossy, and difficult to remove without solvent. Keira stood varnish-treed by the doorway while the staff stacked chairs around her. varnished (/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a hard, glossy conversational surface. Eiker was varnished by ten, accepting every suggestion without absorbing it. varnishered adj. Having drunk enough to apply a smooth finish to an otherwise unfinished account. Aljohara grew varnishered and gave the disputed story a bright final coating. varnishing dayed adj. Describing a drinker who has made finishing touches to everything except the decision to leave. Jaelyne was varnishing dayed, straightening pictures while the exhibition quietly closed. varnishinged adj. Of a drinker who has applied one further layer to an evening already finished. Lindita became varnishinged after the farewell drink and reopened the settled discussion. varnishmented adj. A drinker who has embellished a plain account until it appears more attractive than true. Cathaline became varnishmented and gave the short walk home several decorative details. varnsingited adj. Drunk, with the result that your limbs become a coarse, pale mixture of hard angles and unreliable joints. Lagertha reached the landing varnsingited, with each knee making a separate geological decision. varoided adj. Drunk to a degree that one foot turns inward and the other declines to correct it. Yastelin came down the stairs varoided, advancing sideways despite an entirely straight staircase. varpued adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming broad, shallow, and liable to spill at the slightest movement. Hixon was varpued on the landing, spreading himself across three steps without quite sitting down.