What does "hangover" mean?

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

Hangover

Common synonyms include: a high, afterlife, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness, dutch courage.

//ˈhæŋoʊvɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
"I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon."
2
something that has survived from the past wordnet
3
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
"Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder."
4
an official who remains in office after their term wordnet
5
An unpleasant relic left from prior events. figuratively
"The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend."

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6
disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) wordnet
7
A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope. historical
"At the Twopenny Hangover, the lodgers sit in a row on a bench; there is a rope in front of them, and they lean on this as though leaning over a fence. A man, humorously called the valet, cuts the rope at five in the morning."