headache

Definition

Examples

I have a terrible headache, so I will rest at home this afternoon.

Synonyms

• migrainea severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
• head painhaving a meaning similar to headache

Collocations

• Easy severe headache
  describing severe headache (intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality)
• Medium cause a major administrative headache
  to cause a major administrative headache, meaning to give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
• Hard chronic migraine headache
  describing chronic migraine headache (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering)
• Very Hard headache of catastrophic financial proportions
  describing headache of catastrophic financial proportions (something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness)