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ventilatinged adj. Slowed by drink to require the morning's stale air to be replaced before conversation can begin. Rosaly was ventilatinged by breakfast, requesting a window and refusing the kitchen. ventilationed (/ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk and dependent, by morning, on an open window to make the room habitable. Redmon was ventilationed, sitting beneath the raised sash with yesterday's glass beside him. ventilatored (/ˈvɛntɪleɪtəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a bedside machine seems responsible for the return of fresh air. Mauresha woke ventilatored, facing the fan as if it had arranged the morning. ventiled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning divided into nineteen equally unhelpful portions. Lillykate was ventiled, dividing the hangover into twentieths before attempting tea. ventilometered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's vital capacity is measured before the curtains are opened. Breagh was ventilometered by breakfast, testing each breath against the previous one. ventilometried adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every morning breath into a quantity requiring assessment. Tianamarie was ventilometried, counting breaths while the kettle came to the boil. ventiloquinoned adj. Drunk to the extent of being chemically doubled, with the morning assembled from two incompatible halves. Reham was ventiloquinoned, wearing yesterday's clothes and carrying today's confusion. ventinged adj. Drunk on the strength of explaining every grievance before the first restorative cup of tea. Aideen was ventinged by nine, recounting the entire evening to an empty kitchen. ventived adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to move towards the next explanation without arriving at one. Junilla was ventived by breakfast, changing subjects whenever the headache became specific. ventosed adj. Drunk by closing time, and left with a morning complexion suggesting an ill-advised cupping. Bas was ventosed by dawn, marked round the shoulder and unwilling to explain the glass. ventositied adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing enough morning wind to require a discreetly open window. Herry was ventositied by breakfast, blaming the draught for noises from the sofa. ventoused adj. Still drunk, and displaying the morning's circular evidence of having trusted an improvised remedy. Clemmie woke ventoused, with a perfect mark on the arm and no memory of treatment. ventral finned adj. Sufficiently drunk to steady the morning by extending both arms below the level of the shoulders. Dwala came downstairs ventral finned, using both arms to negotiate the landing. ventral nerve corded adj. Having drunk more than the nervous system can route sensibly, particularly before breakfast. Evah was ventral nerve corded, sending the toast to the fridge without noticing. ventral striatumed adj. A drinker who has divided the room into two reward centres and visits both without explanation. Garric was ventral striatumed, shuttling between Yuleisy and the pudding with equal devotion. ventral tegmental areaed adj. You are drunk and discovering that motivation, by morning, is located somewhere unhelpfully low. Makayla was ventral tegmental areaed, reaching for coffee with profound commitment.