hangover

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

holdover

katzenjammer

crapulence

headache

remainder

leftover

left over

legacy

malady

morning after

patrimony

relic

sickness

testament

trailing

unwellness

ancestry

trailing smear

bequest

heritage

indisposition

inheritance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæŋoʊvɚ/

Etymology

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