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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun headache has 2 senses
- headache(n = noun.cognition) concern, vexation, worry - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" is a kind of negative stimulus
- headache(n = noun.state) cephalalgia, head ache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs; Array is a kind of ache, aching
has particulars: bugaboo, burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus, business
has particulars: cluster headache, histamine headache, hemicrania, megrim, migraine, sick headache, sick headache, sinus headache, tension headache
OXFORD DICTIONARY
headache, n.
1 a continuous pain in the head.
2 colloq. a a worrying problem. b a troublesome person.
1 a continuous pain in the head.
2 colloq. a a worrying problem. b a troublesome person.
Derivative
headachy adj.
THESAURUS
headache
MS, ache, aching, ado, aggravation, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, angina, annoyance, anxiety, backache, bad news, bane, bedevilment, bellyache, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, brain disease, buttonholer, can of worms, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, colic, collywobbles, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, disadvantage, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty, earache, emotional disorder, epilepsy, evil, exasperation, falling sickness, flat tire, fret, frightful bore, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, gnawing, great ado, gripe, gripes, gut-ache, harassment, harrying, heartburn, hemicrania, herpes zoster, hounding, humdrum, inconvenience, ischialgia, matter, megrim, migraine, molestation, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, nuisance, odontalgia, organic psychosis, otalgia, palsy, peck of troubles, persecution, pest, pill, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, problem, proser, pyrosis, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, sea of troubles, shaking palsy, shingles, sick headache, spastic paralysis, splitting headache, stomachache, the jerks, throbbing pain, tic douloureux, toothache, toxic psychosis, trial, trouble, twaddler, vexation, vexatiousness, wet blanket, worriment, worryROGET THESAURUS
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Physical Pain
N physical pain, pain, suffering, sufferance, suffrance, bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain, mental suffering, dolour, ache, aching, smart, shoot, shooting, twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris, hurt, cut, sore, soreness, discomfort, malaise, cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica, tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis, spasm, cramp, nightmare, ephialtes, crick, stitch, thrill, convulsion, throe, throb, pang, colic, kink, sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain, excruciating pain, anguish, agony, torment, torture, rack, cruciation, crucifixion, martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection, in pain, in a state of pain, pained, gouty, podagric, torminous, painful, aching, sore, raw, Special Sensation (1) Touch.
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