'Headache' definitions:
Definition of 'headache'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache, vexation]
noun
Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs [syn: headache, head ache, cephalalgia]
Definition of 'Headache'
From: GCIDE
- Headache \Head"ache`\ (h[e^]d"[=a]k`), n. Pain in the head; cephalalgia. "Headaches and shivering fits." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'headache'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- aching,
- ado,
- aggravation,
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- angina,
- annoyance,
- anxiety,
- backache,
- bad news,
- bane,
- bedevilment,
- bellyache,
- besetment,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothersomeness,
- brain disease,
- buttonholer,
- can of worms,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- chorea,
- colic,
- collywobbles,
- crashing bore,
- devilment,
- difficulty,
- disadvantage,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- drip,
- dryasdust,
- dusty,
- earache,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- evil,
- exasperation,
- falling sickness,
- flat tire,
- fret,
- frightful bore,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- gnawing,
- great ado,
- gripe,
- gripes,
- gut-ache,
- harassment,
- harrying,
- heartburn,
- hemicrania,
- herpes zoster,
- hounding,
- humdrum,
- inconvenience,
- ischialgia,
- matter,
- megrim,
- migraine,
- molestation,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- nuisance,
- odontalgia,
- organic psychosis,
- otalgia,
- palsy,
- peck of troubles,
- persecution,
- pest,
- pill,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- problem,
- proser,
- pyrosis,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- sea of troubles,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- sick headache,
- spastic paralysis,
- splitting headache,
- stomachache,
- the jerks,
- throbbing pain,
- tic douloureux,
- toothache,
- toxic psychosis,
- trial,
- trouble,
- twaddler,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- wet blanket,
- worriment,
- worry