crapulent

Morning after excess

Crapulent describes the unpleasant state following excessive eating or drinking—bloated, sluggish, hungover.

The word is literary and rarely encountered outside formal writing: He woke crapulent after the feast, regretting every glass.

The related noun crapulence names this condition of overindulgence.

overindulgence

excess

Surplus beyond need

dissipation · intemperance · carousing · revelry · bacchanalia · hedonism · decadence · gorging · bingeing · feasting

drunkenness

inebriation

Drunken state

besotted · stupor · sloshed · blotto · boozy · plastered · wasted · hammered · tipsy · soused

hangover

headache

Cranial pain

groggy · malaise · fatigue · regretful · morning-after · remorse · throbbing · sensitivity · shaky · pallor

Opposites
indulgence in food and drink

crapulentabstemious

Practicing restraint with indulgences

temperate · moderate · ascetic · abstinent · frugal

sobriety and intoxication

crapulentsober

Free from intoxication

straight · clearheaded · teetotal · dry · clean

Family

crapulence

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG