hangover

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈhæŋoʊvɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈhæŋəʊvə/

Noun

hangover (plural hangovers)

1. Illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking.

   Synonyms: veisalgia

   Antonyms: afterglow

   I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.

2. (figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
   • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)

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Synonyms

• veisalgia

Translations

• French: gueule de bois
• German: Katzenjammer, Kater
• Italian: postumi
• Portuguese: ressaca
• Russian: похме́лье
• Spanish: resaca, (Chile) caña, (Bolivia) chaqui, (Ecuador) chuchaqui, (Mexico) cruda, (Central America) goma, (Colombia) guayabo, (Chile) hachazo, hangover (Puerto Rico), (Peru) perseguidora, (Venezuela) ratón

Translations

• German: Überbleibsel
• Italian: pendenza, rimasuglio
• Russian: пережиток

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