Word info Synonyms

morning after

Speech parts

1. morning after - Noun

2. morning after - Adjective

Meaning

morning after (plural morning afters or mornings after)

The morning after a night of drinking, when one feels its after-effects and is hung over.

morning-after (not comparable)

Of or relating to a contraceptive that may be effective up to several days after sexual intercourse has taken place.

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Alternative names

morning-after

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Examples

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise. Anthony Trollope

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell. Francis Parkman

The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,-- The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity. Emily Dickinson

I believe in you even on the morning after. Bob Dylan

Drinks down your sorrow, but your sorrow returns the morning after. Chinese Proverb

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