after-effect
/ˈɑːftərɪfɛkt
/noun
An effect that follows after the primary action of something: he was suffering the after-effects of the drug...
- There are graphic depictions of needle-use and the after-effects of long-term drug use in this story.
- Meanwhile, the major customers are lost and the after-effects ripple throughout the company's supply chain.
- Suffering from a hangover - the after-effects of too much alcohol - is such a common experience that there has been little research on it.
Synonyms
repercussion, aftermath, consequence, spin-off, sequel, follow-up, aftershock, trail, wake, offshoot
informal hangover
Medicine sequela
- clerestory
- clerestory window
- clergy
- clergyman
- clergywoman
- cleric
- clerical
- clerical collar
- clerical error
- clericalism
- clericalist
- clerically
- clerihew
- clerisy
- clerk
- clerkdom
- clerkess
- clerk in holy orders
- clerkish
- clerkly
- Clerk of the Closet
- clerk of the course
- Clerk of the Pells
- clerk of the supersedeas
- clerk of (the) works