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Hangover has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

"After staying out until dawn, I woke up with a pounding headache and nausea that was clearly a hangover from last night's heavy drinking."

2

an official who remains in office after his term

"The committee appointed a temporary hangover to review the budget until the new director could be sworn in."

3

something that has survived from the past

"a holdover from the sixties"

"hangovers from the 19th century"

4

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

"After last night's excessive drinking at the bar, I woke up today suffering from a terrible hangover that made it impossible to work."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
discomfort official survival
Rhyming Words
ver 0ver aver tver ever over hover hiver giver inver never river liver 4ever laver paver raver 5ever tiver saver
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