hungover

adjective

hung·​over ˈhəŋ-ˈō-vər How to pronounce hungover (audio)
variants or hung over
: suffering from a hangover

Examples of hungover in a Sentence

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In a hungover daze from spending the whole night thinking, Lenù brings up breakfast for Lila. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024 They’re set to air January 5, when most people will still be hungover from shooing out 2024. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024 The visual ends with a hungover Perry riding the train while drinking a bottle of water. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024 Morning coffees turned into work lunches which turned into after-work drinks which stumbled into hungover mornings eating McMuffins in bed and watching reruns of The Real Housewives. Pema Bakshi, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hungover 

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hungover was in 1941

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“Hungover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hungover. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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