hangxiety

noun
/ˈhæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ə.ti/

Etymology

Blend of hangover + anxiety.

  1. borrowed from anxietās
  2. compounded as hangxiety — “hangover + anxiety

Definitions

  1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension, remorse, and/or…

    An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension, remorse, and/or obsessive concern about some uncertain event, which may be experienced during the day(s) following a bout of alcohol drinking. It however can also refer to one of the classic symptoms of alcohol’s rebound effect, which is a physiological mechanism, rather than a psychological regret.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hangxiety. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA