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Noun pain in the neck has 2 senses

• pain in the neck(n = noun.person) nuisance, pain - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
is a kind of disagreeable person, unpleasant person

• pain in the neck(n = noun.cognition) annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
is a kind of negative stimulus
has particulars: nuisance, irritant, thorn, plague

THESAURUS

pain in the neck

aggravation, annoyance, bad news, bedevilment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, buttonholer, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty, exasperation, flat tire, frightful bore, harassment, harrying, headache, hounding, humdrum, molestation, nuisance, persecution, pest, pill, problem, proser, trial, trouble, twaddler, vexation, vexatiousness, wet blanket, worriment, worry

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