morning after

noun

plural mornings after.

1. a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
2. a moment or period of realization in which the consequences of an earlier ill-advised action are recognized or brought home to one.

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning after¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The Riverside County Child Exploitation Team arrested Herdan at his apartment on Jackson Street in Riverside on Tuesday morning after serving him a warrant, and he is being held at Robert Presley Detention Center in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to The Press-Enterprise.

From Los Angeles Times

Kelly was apprehended the next morning after his car was tracked using CCTV.

From BBC

“I think some of them are Republicans, some of them may be conservative Democrats,” Sanders told reporters the morning after the Denver event.

From Slate

Michael Milstein, spokesperson for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast regional office, said in a phone interview that the whale was found dead Sunday morning after officials had worked on Thursday and Friday to push the whale out of the harbor, only for it to return back.

From Los Angeles Times

Ministers' approach to get businesses on board, like when Sir Keir invited dozens of big wigs to No 10 the morning after Trump's tariff announcement, is in part because of the anger when the government increased National Insurance contributions.

From BBC

Related Words

• aftereffect
• headache