hungover
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hungover
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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When we meet Zara, a low-rung worker at Lochmill Capital in London, she’s hungover and scattered.
From Los Angeles Times
But at a hair’s breadth under an hour and a half, “Primate” is mostly draggy scenes of victims hiding in closets and trying not to scream as Ben roams the property acting like a hungover, steroidal toddler.
From Los Angeles Times
"I'm so happy and so proud. It will probably sink in tomorrow when we're all hungover. I've grown up never seeing Scotland at a major tournament, never at a World Cup, but we've topped the group."
From BBC
Most people would have returned to teaching calculus to hungover sophomores, but Simons doubled down.
From MarketWatch
After that, Teller played a hungover game show contestant recovering from Halloween, a hockey player shooting a public service announcement for the unfortunately named Nashville Predators and both twin Property Brothers in a video sketch about the current White House renovation.
From Los Angeles Times
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