Word Study
hangover
CIDE DICTIONARY
hangover, n.
- An unpleasant feeling, such as a headache, occurring as an aftereffect from the use of drugs (especially alcohol). [WordNet 1.5]
- an official who remains in office after his term. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hangover, n.
1 a severe headache or other after-effects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol.
2 a survival from the past.
1 a severe headache or other after-effects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol.
2 a survival from the past.
THESAURUS
hangover
Dutch courage, a high, afterlife, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness, following, fuddle, fuddledness, fuddlement, future time, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, katzenjammer, lateness, morning after, next life, postdate, postdating, posteriority, pot-valiance, pot-valor, provenience, remainder, sequence, sottedness, subsequence, succession, supervenience, supervention, tipsinessFor further exploring for "hangover" in Webster Dictionary Online