junk sickness

noun

Nausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.

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Meanings

nounjunk sickness (usually uncountable, plural junk sicknesses)

plural junk sicknesses

  1. slanguncountableusuallyNausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.

Origin

From junk sick + -ness.

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APA

junk sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20sickness

MLA

“junk sickness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20sickness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “junk sickness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20sickness.

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