Definition

1. 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can also refer to something, such as a custom, feeling, or practice, that remains from an earlier time, often seen as outdated or no longer appropriate.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• A political hangover: lingering negative effects or outdated structures from a previous political period.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

1. something that has survived from the past
   • a holdover from the sixties
   • hangovers from the 19th century
2. an official who remains in office after his term
3. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)