Antonyms for headache

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hed-eyk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌeɪk

Definition of headache

Origin : Old English heafodece; see head (n.) + ache (n.). Colloquial sense of "troublesome problem" is first recorded 1934.

noun difficulty, problem
noun migraine

Example sentences :

The nurses' rooms were subject to inspection, and she had pleaded a headache.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Carlotta Harrison pleaded a headache, and was excused from the operating-room and from prayers.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Let me hit you but one box on the ear, and you'll never have the headache again.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mrs. Beaufort, languid and afflicted with headache, said little.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He went to the dinner, but she did not appear: she had a headache, his hostess explained.
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

Arthur let them talk on; headache the excuse for his own silence.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

I was to have been at our ambassador's one evening when he was there; but a headache prevented me.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

You see, when you look into the matter, it is this way: The headache only comes when you are sober.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Hermione had gone to bed, leaving word that she had a headache.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

She wondered if Vere was there, and longed to plead a headache and to have her coffee in her bedroom.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Synonyms for headache

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