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hangover

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈhæŋəʉ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɐʉ̯vəː/
  • General-American: /ˈhæŋoʊ̯vɚ/ ~ /ˈhæŋɔʊ̯vɚ/ without æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈheɪ̯ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ without æ-raising
  • Canada, US: /ˈhɛ̃ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ without æ-raising
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 NG OW2 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: veisalgia

Antonyms: afterglow

2

noun

Meaning 2

Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An unpleasant relic left from prior events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

something that has survived from the past

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a holdover from the sixties
  • hangovers from the 19th century

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: holdover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: survival

6

noun

Meaning 6

an official who remains in office after his term

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: holdover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: official, functionary

7

noun

Meaning 7

disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: katzenjammer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discomfort, uncomfortableness

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: агәы́хәашьра (agwə́xwašra) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Afrikaans: babbelas — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Arabic: خُمَار (ḵumār) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Arabic: خُمَار اَلسُّكْر (ḵumār as-sukr) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Arabic: صُدَاع الخَمْر (ṣudāʕ al-ḵamr) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Armenian: խումար (xumar) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Avar: мехти (mexti) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Azerbaijani: xumarlıq — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Azerbaijani: paxmel — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Basque: mozkorrondo — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Belarusian: пахмелле (paxmjellje) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Bulgarian: махмурлук (mahmurluk) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Catalan: ressaca — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宿醉 (sùzuì) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Cornish: kurun spern — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Czech: kocovina — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Danish: tømmermænd — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Dutch: kater — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Esperanto: postebrio — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Estonian: pohmell — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Estonian: pohmelus — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Estonian: pohmakas — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Estonian: pohm — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Faroese: timburmenn — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Faroese: hundasjúka — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: krapula — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: kankkunen — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: pohmelo — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: kohmelo — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: darra — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: koistinen — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Finnish: kanuuna — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • French: gueule de bois — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Galician: resaca — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Georgian: ნაბახუსევი (nabaxusevi) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Georgian: პახმელია (ṗaxmelia) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Georgian: ხუმარი (xumari) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • German: Kater — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • German: Katzenjammer — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Greek: χανγκόβερ (changkóver) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Ancient Greek: κραιπάλη (kraipálē) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Greenlandic: aqagutaarneq — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Hebrew: חמרמורת — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Hebrew: הנגאובר (hungover, hengover) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Hungarian: másnaposság — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Hungarian: macskajaj — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Icelandic: timburmenn — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Icelandic: þynnka — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Indonesian: pengar — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Indonesian: basian — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓕᙴᑎᕚ ᐅᓪᓛᒃ — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Inuktitut: angajaarnaqtuq silinnguutivaa ullaak — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Irish: póit — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Italian: postumi — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Italian: postumi della sbornia — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Japanese: 二日酔い (futsukayoi) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Kazakh: бас жазу (bas jazu) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Khmer: ធីងធោងឈឺក្បាល (thiing thoong chɨɨ kbaal) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Korean: 숙취 (sukchwi) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Korean: 술병 (sulbyeong) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Latin: crāpula — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Latvian: paģiras — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Lithuanian: pagirios — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Macedonian: ма́мурлак (mámurlak) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Marathi: नशा (naśā) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Mongolian: шартах (šartax) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Mongolian: үлдэгдэл (üldegdel) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Mongolian: хоцрогдол (xocrogdol) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Navajo: yoolééł — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakrus — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyllesyke — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyllesjuke — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakrus — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyllesjuke — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Pannonian Rusyn: вчерайшосц (včerajšosc) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєвитрезбеносц (njevitrezbenosc) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Pannonian Rusyn: поснаносц (posnanosc) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Polish: kac — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Polish: tupot białych mew — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Polish: kociokwik — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Portuguese: ressaca — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Romanian: mahmureală — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Russian: похме́лье (poxmélʹje) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann-daoraich — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: amh-dheoch — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: earball na misge — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann goirt is aithreachas — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: bach-thinneas — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: mamurluk — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Slovene: maček — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: resaca — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: caña — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: chaqui — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: chuchaqui — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: cruda — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: goma — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: guayabo — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: hachazo — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: hangover — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: perseguidora — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: ratón — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: jangóver — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: goya — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Spanish: tistapi — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swahili: chelewa — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swedish: bakfylla — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swedish: kopparslagare — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swedish: baksmälla — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swedish: dagen efter — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Swedish: bakrus — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Thai: อาการเมาค้าง (akan mao khang) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Thai: แฮ้ง (haeng) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Tibetan: ཆང་ནད (chang nad) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Turkish: akşamdan kalmalık — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخمورلق (mahmurluk) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Tuvan: чүдей (çüdey) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Ukrainian: похмі́лля (poxmíllja) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Vietnamese: nôn nao sau khi uống rượu — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Volapük: posbrietlustad — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Welsh: pen mawr — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Yiddish: הענגאָווער (hengover) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Yiddish: קאַצניאָמער (katsnyomer) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Yiddish: קאַצן־יאָמער (katsn-yomer) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Yiddish: אויפֿצומאָרגנס (oyftsumorgns) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Yiddish: פּאָכמעליע (pokhmelye) — negative effects caused by heavy drinking
  • Czech: kocovina — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Danish: levn — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Finnish: krapula — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Galician: resaca — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Georgian: გადმონაშთი (gadmonašti) — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • German: Überbleibsel — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Icelandic: eftirhreytur — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Italian: pendenza — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Italian: rimasuglio — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Mongolian: үлдэгдэл (üldegdel) — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Russian: пережи́ток (perežítok) — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann-daoraich — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Swedish: baksmälla — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Swedish: kvarleva — unpleasant relic left from prior events
  • Swedish: relik — unpleasant relic left from prior events
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