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wretched (/ɹɛt͡ʃd/) adj. A drinker who has become miserable, uncoordinated, and acquainted with every stair by touch. Damarie was wretched on the landing, regarding the remaining steps with quiet suspicion. wretchednessed (/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that physical misery and poor coordination have become one condition. wretchlessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and recklessly unconcerned with where the next foot lands. wretchocked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, weak, and incapable of a clean ascent. wricked adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a painful spasm precisely where turning the head is required. wrided adj. Reduced by drink to several uncoordinated limbs proceeding from one uncertain centre. wried (/ɹaɪd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to distort every account of who said what, particularly when witnesses are present. Fermen got wried and attributed the entire argument to a waiter who had been elsewhere. wriggle roomed adj. Softened by drink into finding an escape clause in an instruction that contains none. wriggled (/ˈɹɪɡəld/) adj. Softened by drink into a side-to-side progress that avoids committing to any direction. wrigglered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every correction is a quick, visible wriggle. Ederick became wrigglered near the stairs, correcting his balance in increasingly precise shudders. wrigglinessed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of continuous, unhelpful movement. Chalen was wrigglinessed on the landing, unable to remain still long enough to choose a stair. wrigglinged adj. Drunk and advancing by whatever flexible route remains available when walking has become too ambitious. wrighted (/ɹaɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a careful maker assembling a staircase one step at a time. wrightined adj. Drunk and moving with the sluggish, bitter concentration of a rare bark-derived compound. wrightworted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly contain, and now treating every shrub as a landmark home. wrimpled adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a fresh crease in every plan for getting home.