Katzenjammer (Noun)
Meaning 1
Loud confused noise from many sources.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- He woke up the morning after the party with a bad katzenjammer from the tequila shots he had done the night before.
- Her usual Monday morning was often marked by a dull katzenjammer, the consequence of too much champagne over the weekend.
- After years of frequenting clubs, she became intimately familiar with the painful reality of the morning katzenjammer that always followed.
- He discovered too late that a couple of martinis was just the right amount to leave him feeling cheerful during dinner, but dreadfully queasy by morning with a splitting katzenjammer.
- In her effort to party away the breakup, she underestimated her limit, leading to an uncomfortable few hours dealing with the severe katzenjammer the following morning.