Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, countable, informal)A miserable-looking person.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Neuralgia in the nerves of the face.

Origin

From face + ache.

From face + ache.

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Forms

plural: faceaches
Singularfaceache
Pluralfaceaches

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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