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hangover
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As a noun, hangover means negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
Meanings of hangover
7 meaningsnoun
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
“I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.”
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
figurativeAn unpleasant relic left from prior events.
Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
Similar: katzenjammerAn official who remains in office after their termperson
Similar: holdoverSomething that has survived from the past
“a holdover from the sixties”
“hangovers from the 19th century”
Similar: holdover
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalA sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).