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

Recent Examples on the Web On the far end is Indiana native David Lee Roth, looking both painfully hungover and ready for the next party. Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2024 The story of the late Candy arriving late and hungover to Splash's set in order to shoot that scene has bounced around for some time. Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024 Prosecutors, meanwhile, allege Gutierrez-Reed was negligent, repeatedly intoxicated and hungover during the shoot, failing at the most basic responsibilities of her important job. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024 In his opening, Lewis did not raise another prosecution theory, that Gutierrez Reed was hungover or otherwise impaired on set. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024 The Bricklayer isn’t worth seeking out — it’s ideally stumbled onto on cable TV on a hungover Saturday afternoon, when there’s plenty of time to reflect on how little time a slumming Tim Blake Nelson, playing the director of the CIA, must have spent on set. Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024 Ubuntu's App Center (or sometimes Snap Store), now showing you results at a rapid clip instead of a hungover crawl. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2023 There's a strong argument that Bradley Cooper, Mike Tyson, their producers and the ensemble cast around the Hangover franchise have done good work taking the effects and the narrative of getting, and being, hungover to hilarious extremes. Guy Martin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023 In the restroom mirrors, framing your hungover reflection, were brand appropriations of taglines from some of Bravo’s biggest stars, themed around the pun of interpersonal drama as mess. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023

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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 18 Apr. 2024.

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