hungover
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hungover
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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A 2023 study of over 5,000 students from the UK and the Netherlands, concluded that 18.3% reported symptoms of anxiety when hungover.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
By the time Prohibition was repealed in 1933, America was left not sobered, but hungover by its own contradictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Most people would have returned to teaching calculus to hungover sophomores, but Simons doubled down.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
I'd seen the trick on a rerun of Roseanne when Darlene tormented a hungover Becky.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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