Synonyms for headache
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hed-eyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌeɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for headache Other synonyms for the word headache
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for headache
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