hangover
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Definition
- Noun:
- An unpleasant physical and mental state following the consumption of alcohol: A hangover is the collection of symptoms, such as headache, nausea, and fatigue, experienced after drinking too much alcohol.
- A vestige or survival from the past: A hangover can also refer to something, such as a custom, feeling, or practice, that remains from an earlier time, often seen as outdated or no longer appropriate.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Aftereffects of alcohol):
- He had a terrible hangover after the party.
- Drinking water can help prevent a hangover.
- Noun (Survival from the past):
- The strict dress code is a hangover from the company's more formal era.
- These ancient traditions are hangovers from a forgotten age.
Advanced Usage
- "to have a hangover": to be suffering from the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
- She called in sick because she had a hangover.
- "a cultural hangover": a persistent attitude or custom from a previous period.
- The distrust of outsiders is a cultural hangover from the war.
Variants and Related Words
- Hangover cure (n): a supposed remedy for the symptoms of a hangover.
- He swears by greasy food as a hangover cure.
- Hangoverish (adj): resembling or characteristic of a hangover (informal).
- I feel very hangoverish this morning.
Synonyms
- Aftereffects: consequences following an event, especially unpleasant ones.
- Vestige: a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
- Holdover: something that remains from a previous time or system.
Related Phrases
- Hung over (adj): suffering from a hangover.
- He was too hung over to go to work.
- Hangover headache (n): the specific headache associated with a hangover.
- Nothing seems to cure my hangover headache.
Related Idioms
- A political hangover: lingering negative effects or outdated structures from a previous political period.
- The current economic policies are a political hangover from the last administration.
Noun
- something that has survived from the past
- a holdover from the sixties
- hangovers from the 19th century
- an official who remains in office after his term
- disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)