1 the HEADACHE and sick feeling that you have the day after drinking too much alcohol:
She woke up with a terrible hangover.
2 [usuallysing.] ~ (from sth) a feeling, custom, habit, etc. that remains from the past, although it is no longer practical or suitable:
the insecure feeling that was a hangover from her childhood * hangover laws from the previous administration
seealsoHOLDOVER
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