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Antonyms for headache


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hed-eyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌeɪk



Definition of headache

Origin :
  • Old English heafodece; see head (n.) + ache (n.). Colloquial sense of "troublesome problem" is first recorded 1934.
  • noun difficulty, problem
  • noun migraine
Example sentences :
  • The nurses' rooms were subject to inspection, and she had pleaded a headache.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Carlotta Harrison pleaded a headache, and was excused from the operating-room and from prayers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Let me hit you but one box on the ear, and you'll never have the headache again.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Mrs. Beaufort, languid and afflicted with headache, said little.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He went to the dinner, but she did not appear: she had a headache, his hostess explained.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • Arthur let them talk on; headache the excuse for his own silence.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I was to have been at our ambassador's one evening when he was there; but a headache prevented me.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • You see, when you look into the matter, it is this way: The headache only comes when you are sober.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Hermione had gone to bed, leaving word that she had a headache.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • She wondered if Vere was there, and longed to plead a headache and to have her coffee in her bedroom.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

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