hangover
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈhæŋˌoʊvər/
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- And that's why when you drink cheap wine, you have a way worse hangover than when you drink good quality wine.
- drinking and hangovers
- job-related hangovers
I did the show with a hangover and now we're on to Glasgow.
- I did the show with a hangover and now we're on to Glasgow.
- I, I will tell you about my bad night, my hangover, my whatever.
- No, it is not well understood what causes a hangover.
- So I woke up the next morning and I had the worst hangover ever.
- This just asks me about my hangover cure.
- I got to be honest, I think I'm dealing with just a little bit of a hangover this morning.
- You've done two or three months in hangovers, complete waste of time.
- But the next day a little hangover or you know one.
- Would never feel a hangover and lost weight.
- And your feeling of this is constant, high hangover, high hangover, high hangover.
- Probably got a bad hangover and he's just what, huh.
Examples
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Why are hangovers getting worse as we age?
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Okay, worst hangover ever.
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At least with a hangover, I feel something.
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I had a night in, I woke up with a hangover.
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What better cure for a hangover?
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Even the most lavish parties are followed by a hangover, it seems.
Academic text (2011) -
Lainey had a hangover, so David offered to drive Randall to his speech therapist.
Fiction book (1990) -
After a night of partying, I woke up with a hangover that made it hard to even open my eyes.
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He complained about feeling sick all day because he had a hangover from the drinks last night.
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Many people suffer from a hangover after drinking too much at a celebration.
Synonyms
A feeling of sickness and regret after drinking too much
A very bad headache or hangover after drinking too much alcohol
A mild illness or hangover after drinking many mixed drinks
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
A feeling of being emotionally tired after spending a long time with other people
How Unwell
Surface Forms
Morphology
hangover = hang (semi-transparent) = over + hang
The parts 'hang' + 'over' are literal, but the conventionalized meaning referring specifically to an alcohol aftereffect is a metaphorical extension and may not be fully predictable for all learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Hangover comes from the phrase hang over, which meant 'to hang above' or 'to remain'. Imagine a heavy cloud that hangs over your head after a night of drinking — that staying bad feeling is a hangover.