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wormwheelled adj. You have drunk enough to move in a fixed circle, especially when attempting the final three stairs. wormwooded (/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every final round tastes medicinal and the coat seems bitterly necessary. wormworlded adj. Drunk enough to regard the pub's closing as the beginning of an age governed by small crawling things. wornilled adj. Of a drinker who has drunk through the evening and now travels in brief, uncertain bursts. Jaytin was wornilled by midnight, reaching the taxi rank between lengthy pauses. wornnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a tired coat from one's own, or the pavement from the route home. Oziah was wornnessed by closing time and slept briefly against the cloakroom wall. worralled adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home a slow, watchful crawl along the edge of things. worrelled adj. Describing a drinker who regards every passing shadow as a Nile monitor and withdraws accordingly. worreted adj. Loosened by drink into treating anxiety as a conversational acquaintance rather than an affliction. Jevin became worreted and discussed his apprehensions with the fruit bowl. worricowed adj. A drinker so far gone that an imp appears the most credible explanation for his conduct. worried (/ˈwʊɹid/) adj. Drunk to the point where anxiety acquires the force of a strong and entirely personal feeling. Victormanuel became worried when the barman moved a glass two inches to the left. worried welled adj. The state of being drunk and consulting professionals about symptoms that have not yet been invented. worriednessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted each minor uncertainty into a formal apprehension. worriered adj. The drunkenness of one who inventories unlikely difficulties and then attends to each in turn. Elyas became worriered over the pub’s fire exits, none of which were obstructed. worrimented adj. Reduced by drink to regarding every practical arrangement as a source of anxiety. Theda was worrimented about the taxi, the weather, and whether taxis possessed feelings. worrisomenessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person for whom every harmless detail acquires an ominous implication. worrited adj. Emboldened by drink to worry aloud, at length, and without the usual pretence of necessity.