Hangover

Quick meaning: Hangover is a noun meaning Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

Meaning

Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

More Meanings

1. Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
2. (figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
3. (historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.

Example Sentences

I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.

On the other hand, I was already drunk, and wasn't a heroin hangover preferable to the alcohol kind any day of the week?

Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder.

The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend.

Word Forms

• hangovers
• hang-over

Synonyms for hangover

Depending on context, synonyms include veisalgia, holdover.

Antonyms for hangover

Common opposites include afterglow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include holdover, binge, wood, timber, vestige, lumber.

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