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headaching

headaching adjective: having a tendency to cause a headache.

Adjective

headaching (comparative more headaching, superlative most headaching)

  1. Having a tendency to cause a headache.
    • ...and certainly early rising increases the pang of separation,—the raw, damp air, the headaching feel of lingering drowsiness, the cold coffee, the hurry of sleepy servants;...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 327
    • There was a loud shuffle as the courtroom began to empty and the chatter of people discussing their various opinions was headaching.2010, Tom Reilly, The Price (page 349)

Forms of headaching

comparativemore headaching
superlativemost headaching

Origin of headaching

From headache + -ing.

Questions about headaching

What does headaching mean?
Headaching means having a tendency to cause a headache.
What part of speech is headaching?
Headaching is an adjective.

Words near headaching in the dictionary

  1. headache vines
  2. headaches
  3. headachey
  4. headachier
  5. headachiest
  6. headaching
  7. headachingly
  8. headachy
  9. headage
  10. headages
  11. headake

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