headache
/ˈhɛdeɪk/
headache noun: a pain or ache in the head.
Noun
headache (plural headaches)
- A pain or ache in the head.
- I have a splitting headache after that party last night.
- I advise you to take some painkillers for the headache, it's probably nothing serious.
- Synonyms:
- cephalalgia
- A nuisance or unpleasant problem.
- The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.
- Bogland now dominates the scene and the construction engineers must have suffered many a headache in seeking to secure a firm foundation.1957 May, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 319
- Synonyms:
- bother, pain in the neck
headache meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
headache in Hindi
- pain or ache in the head
- सिरदर्द sirdard, सरदर्द sardard
headache in Tamil
- pain or ache in the head
- தலைவலி talaivali
- nuisance or unpleasant problem
- தலைவலி talaivali
headache in Marathi
- pain or ache in the head
- डोकेदुखी ḍokedukhī
- nuisance or unpleasant problem
- डोकेदुखी ḍokedukhī
headache in Urdu
- pain or ache in the head
- سَر دَرْد sar dard, سِر دَرْد sir dard
More languagesFewer languages
- headache in Bengali
- মাথাধরা, শিরঃপীড়া
- headache in Telugu
- తలనొప్పి talanoppi
- headache in Malayalam
- തലവേദന talavēdana
- headache in Kannada
- ತಲೆಯೊಡೆತ, ತಲೆನೋವು, ತಲೆಗುತ್ತ, ತಲೆಗುತ್ತು
- headache in Punjabi
- ਸਿਰ ਦਰਦ, ਸਿਰ ਦਾ ਦਰਦ
- headache in Gujarati
- માથાનો દુખાવો māthāno dukhāvo
- headache in Odia
- ମୁଣ୍ଡବିନ୍ଧା, ମୁଣ୍ଡ ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା
- headache in Sanskrit
- शिरःपीडा śiraḥpīḍā
- headache in Sinhala
- හිසරදය hisaradaya
- headache in Assamese
- মূৰৰ বিষ muror bix
- headache in Nepali
- टाउको दुखाइ ṭāuko dukhāi
- headache in Tagalog
- sakit ng ulo
- headache in Arabic
- صُدَاع ṣudāʕ
- headache in Malay
- sakit kepala
- headache in Indonesian
- pusing, sakit kepala
- headache in Thai
- ปวดหัว bpùuat-hǔua
- headache in Vietnamese
- chứng nhức đầu
- headache in Myanmar
- ခေါင်းကိုက်ခြင်း hkaung:kuikhkrang:
Examples of headache in a sentence
- I had a headache the rest of the day, so great was the excitement produced by what will appear to most people a very inadequate cause.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 51:
- Sometimes on television they tell you a product is "good for headaches." I don't want something that's good for headaches.1997, George Carlin, “Sports Roundup”, in Brain Droppings, New York City: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:
- CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire.2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of headache
Forms of headache
| plural | headaches |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | headach |
| alternative form (archaic) | head-ache |
Origin of headache
From Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe. By surface analysis, head + ache.
Words formed from headache
- alarm clock headache
- antiheadache
- cluster headache
- headache tree
- headache vine
- headaching
- headachy
- hypnic headache
- ice cream headache
- icecream headache
- ice-pick headache
- I have a headache
- migraine headache
- preheadache
- red wine headache
- sexual headache
- sick headache
- suicide headache
- thunderclap headache
Phrases with headache
Questions about headache
- What does headache mean?
- Headache means a pain or ache in the head.
- What is headache in Hindi?
- Headache in Hindi is सिरदर्द (sirdard), सरदर्द (sardard). See Headache meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use headache in a sentence?
- I had a headache the rest of the day, so great was the excitement produced by what will appear to most people a very inadequate cause.
- What part of speech is headache?
- Headache is a noun.
- How do you pronounce headache?
- Headache is pronounced /ˈhɛdeɪk/.
- What is the plural of headache?
- The plural of headache is headaches.
Words near headache in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: headache (page history and authors); headache (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headache (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headache (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headache (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); शिरःपीडा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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