🤢 A hangover 🔊 Loud confusion

katzenjammer

9.9

A feeling of sickness and regret after drinking too much

noun
/ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/

Informal

: resaca

After the party, he woke up with a terrible katzenjammer and vowed never to drink again.

Examples

She called in sick, blaming her katzenjammer from the previous night's festivities.
Nothing cures a katzenjammer like a greasy breakfast and lots of water.
I woke up with a terrible katzenjammer after last night's party.
After drinking too much wine, he always suffers from katzenjammer.
After the party, he woke up with a terrible katzenjammer and vowed never to drink again.
Nothing cures a katzenjammer like a greasy breakfast and lots of water.
She called in sick, blaming her katzenjammer from the previous night's festivities.

Synonyms

hangover

vskatzenjammer

95 3.0

A feeling of sickness after drinking alcohol, often with headache and nausea

adds an emotional regret component to the experience

Chateau Migraine

vskatzenjammer

Archaic

9.9

A very bad headache or hangover after drinking too much alcohol

is a neutral term used seriously rather than as a joking name

Antonyms

well-being

178 2.4

A state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy

How Unwell

katzenjammer

Informal

9.9

discomfort

119 3.2

malaise

21 8.1

Surface Forms

katzenjammer singular

katzenjammers plural

Etymology

Katzenjammer comes from German Katze 'cat' and Jammer 'wailing' or 'sorrow'. Think of a 'cat's wail' in your head after a night of heavy drinking, and that painful, unhappy feeling is why katzenjammer is used for a 'hangover'.