headache

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  1. noun A pain in the head.
  2. noun Informal Something, such as a problem, that causes annoyance or trouble.

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  • Sophie blinked and wondered if her headache was affecting her reason. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • I answered like Marie: “My head aches.” It would seem that complaining was not in my line; no one would believe that a headache was the reason of my tears. —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • Troubled dreams; the headache was there when she woke; the pearls were still that deep blood-rusted red. —  Omni: July 1994
  • The bare electric light glared down at her like a headache, as Mae's husband Joe snored. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • The sleep seemed to have helped, for the headache was gone and her stomach was steady. —  Night Cry
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  1. Formerly head-ach, head-ake, hedake, hedache, from Middle English hedake, heavedeche, from Anglo-Saxon heáfodece, from heáfod, head, + ece, ache: see ache.
 

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