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hungover

American

[huhng-oh-ver] / ˈhʌŋˈoʊ vər /

Also hung over

adjective

suffering the effects of a hangover.

On New Year's Day the houseguests were all hungover.

Etymology

Origin of hungover

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Most people would have returned to teaching calculus to hungover sophomores, but Simons doubled down.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

Was Finley worried Doncic might be hungover when the Mavericks opened the finals against the Boston Celtics seven days later?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

That changes, of course, when the hungover eldest child takes in his people's forced adulation, which is enough to persuade him he can run the world.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

“The boys are probably a little bit hungover from last week’s performance. They were devastated. We didn’t fire any shots at all,” Tonga coach Toutai Kefu said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

I'd seen the trick on a rerun of Roseanne when Darlene tormented a hungover Becky.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023