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headachy

headachy adjective: suffering from a headache.

Adjective

headachy (comparative more headachy, superlative most headachy)

  1. Suffering from a headache
    • After an hour at school she was soaked with sweat, dizzy, and headachy.1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a headache.
    • a headachy pain

Forms of headachy

comparativemore headachy
superlativemost headachy
alternative formheadachey

Origin of headachy

From headache + -y.

Questions about headachy

What does headachy mean?
Headachy means suffering from a headache.
What part of speech is headachy?
Headachy is an adjective.

Words near headachy in the dictionary

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

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