English Explanatory Dictionary

hangover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
  2. Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
  3. An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
  4. A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/ /ˈhæŋəʉ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɐʉ̯vəː/ /ˈhæŋoʊ̯vɚ/ ~ /ˈhæŋɔʊ̯vɚ/ En-us-hangover.ogg /ˈheɪ̯ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ /ˈhɛ̃ŋoʊ̯vɚ/

Word forms

hangover hangovers hang-over

Etymology

American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Second sense was first attested in 1894.

Synonyms

veisalgia

Antonyms

afterglow

Related words

hungover

Derived words

antihangover drunkover hangoverish hangoverless hangoverlike hangxiety social hangover

Translations

Abkhaz: агәы́хәашьра Afrikaans: babbelas Arabic: خُمَار Arabic: خُمَار اَلسُّكْر Arabic: صُدَاع الخَمْر Armenian: խումար Avar: мехти Azerbaijani: xumarlıq Azerbaijani: paxmel Basque: mozkorrondo Belarusian: пахмелле Bulgarian: махмурлук Catalan: ressaca Chinese Mandarin: 宿醉 Cornish: kurun spern Czech: kocovina Danish: tømmermænd Dutch: kater Esperanto: postebrio Estonian: pohmell Estonian: pohmelus Estonian: pohmakas Estonian: pohm Faroese: timburmenn Faroese: hundasjúka Finnish: krapula Finnish: kankkunen Finnish: pohmelo Finnish: kohmelo Finnish: darra Finnish: koistinen Finnish: kanuuna French: gueule de bois Galician: resaca Georgian: ნაბახუსევი Georgian: პახმელია Georgian: ხუმარი German: Kater German: Katzenjammer Greek: χανγκόβερ Ancient Greek: κραιπάλη Greenlandic: aqagutaarneq Hebrew: חמרמורת Hebrew: הנגאובר Hungarian: másnaposság Hungarian: macskajaj Icelandic: timburmenn Icelandic: þynnka Indonesian: pengar Indonesian: basian Inuktitut: ᐊᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓕᙴᑎᕚ ᐅᓪᓛᒃ Inuktitut: angajaarnaqtuq silinnguutivaa ullaak Irish: póit Italian: postumi Italian: postumi della sbornia Japanese: 二日酔い Kazakh: бас жазу Khmer: ធីងធោងឈឺក្បាល Korean: 숙취 Korean: 술병 Latin: crāpula Latvian: paģiras Lithuanian: pagirios
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