Hangover — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

an official who remains in office after his term

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈæŋɡoʊvɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈaŋɡəʊvə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈaŋɡəʊvə/

3 syllables Say it as /hˈæŋɡoʊvɚ/.

Examples

a holdover from the sixties
hangovers from the 19th century

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

katzenjammer holdover

Parts of Speech

noun	disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
noun	an official who remains in office after his term
noun	something that has survived from the past “a holdover from the sixties”

Word Forms

hold over

verb

continue a term of office past the normal period of time

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kater

unangenehme Nachwirkungen des Drogenkonsums (insbesondere Alkohol)

🇫🇷French

gueule de bois

séquelles désagréables de la consommation de drogues (en particulier d'alcool)

🇪🇸Spanish

resaca

Efectos secundarios desagradables del uso de drogas (especialmente alcohol).

🇮🇹Italian

postumi della sbornia

effetti collaterali spiacevoli derivanti dall'uso di droghe (soprattutto alcol)

🇳🇱Dutch

kater

onaangename nawerkingen van het gebruik van drugs (vooral alcohol)

🇵🇹Portuguese

ressaca

efeitos colaterais desagradáveis do uso de drogas (especialmente álcool)

🇷🇺Russian

похмелье

неприятные последствия употребления наркотиков (особенно алкоголя)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हैंगओवर

नशीली दवाओं (विशेषकर शराब) के उपयोग से अप्रिय परिणाम

🇧🇩Bengali

হ্যাংওভার

ওষুধের (বিশেষ করে অ্যালকোহল) ব্যবহার থেকে অসম্মতিপূর্ণ প্রভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

தூக்கம்

போதைப்பொருள் (குறிப்பாக ஆல்கஹால்) பயன்பாட்டினால் விரும்பத்தகாத விளைவுகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

హ్యాంగోవర్

మాదకద్రవ్యాల (ముఖ్యంగా ఆల్కహాల్) వాడకం నుండి అసహ్యకరమైన పరిణామాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

हँगओव्हर

औषधांच्या (विशेषतः अल्कोहोल) वापराचे असहमत परिणाम

🇮🇳Gujarati

હેંગઓવર

દવાઓ (ખાસ કરીને આલ્કોહોલ) ના ઉપયોગથી અસંમત પરિણામો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹ್ಯಾಂಗೊವರ್

ಔಷಧಿಗಳ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಆಲ್ಕೋಹಾಲ್) ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹാംഗ് ഓവർ

മയക്കുമരുന്ന് (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് മദ്യം) ഉപയോഗത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള അസ്വീകാര്യമായ അനന്തരഫലങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੈਂਗਓਵਰ

ਨਸ਼ੀਲੇ ਪਦਾਰਥਾਂ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਲਕੋਹਲ) ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਤੋਂ ਅਸਹਿਮਤ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہینگ اوور

منشیات (خاص طور پر الکحل) کے استعمال سے ناپسندیدہ اثرات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

宿醉

使用药物（尤其是酒精）带来的不良后果

🇯🇵Japanese

二日酔い

薬物（特にアルコール）の使用による不快な後遺症

🇰🇷Korean

숙취

약물(특히 알코올) 사용으로 인한 불쾌한 후유증

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nôn nao

những hậu quả khó chịu do sử dụng ma túy (đặc biệt là rượu)

🇹🇭Thai

อาการเมาค้าง

ผลที่ไม่พึงประสงค์จากการใช้ยา (โดยเฉพาะแอลกอฮอล์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

mabuk

efek samping yang tidak menyenangkan dari penggunaan obat-obatan (terutama alkohol)

🇲🇾Malay

mabuk

kesan sampingan yang tidak menyenangkan daripada penggunaan dadah (terutama alkohol)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مخلفات

آثار لاحقة غير سارة من تعاطي المخدرات (وخاصة الكحول)

🇮🇷Persian

خماری

عوارض ناخوشایند استفاده از مواد مخدر (به ویژه الکل)

🇹🇷Turkish

akşamdan kalma

Uyuşturucu kullanımından (özellikle alkol) kaynaklanan hoş olmayan etkiler

🇮🇱Hebrew

צִירֵי הִתפַּכְּחוּת

תופעות לוואי לא נעימות משימוש בסמים (במיוחד אלכוהול)

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