'pain in the neck' definitions:
Definition of 'pain in the neck'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]
Synonyms of 'pain in the neck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravation,
- annoyance,
- bad news,
- bedevilment,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothersomeness,
- buttonholer,
- crashing bore,
- devilment,
- difficulty,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- drip,
- dryasdust,
- dusty,
- exasperation,
- flat tire,
- frightful bore,
- harassment,
- harrying,
- headache,
- hounding,
- humdrum,
- molestation,
- nuisance,
- persecution,
- pest,
- pill,
- problem,
- proser,
- trial,
- trouble,
- twaddler,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- wet blanket,
- worriment,
- worry