✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Bouldin Creek Cafe is a funky and colorful mainstay for eco-friendly fare that’s elegant enough for a dinner date yet also crunchy enough to please a table of hungover hippies who went a bit too hard at the day rave that dragged on until 4 in the morning. Pete Cottell, Wired News, 2 Nov. 2025 To set the tone, an early sequence has a hungover Nicola machine-gunning a snake in the kitchen, then ordering the help to clean up the blood. Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025 From outdriving Tiger Woods while hungover to lighting up crowds with his wild outfits and on-course banter, the 2-time major champion has delivered some of golf's unforgettable moments. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025 January 1 is National Bloody Mary Day and that's no accident with the amount of people who may be hungover after ringing in the New Year the night before. Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 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

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hungover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hungover. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!