Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pain or ache in the head.

    I have a splitting headache after that party last night.

    I advise you to take some painkillers for the headache, it's probably nothing serious.

    Kopfschmerzen, Kopfweh, Kopfschmerz

    головна́я больgolovnája bolʹ

    головни́й більholovnýj bilʹ

    pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

  2. (figuratively)A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

    The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.

    Kopfschmerzen

    головна́я больgolovnája bolʹ, неприя́тностьneprijátnostʹ

Examples

539 sentences
  1. I have a slight headache today.

    Мені трохи болить сьогодні голова.

    ruСегодня у меня немного болит голова.

    deIch habe heute leichte Kopfschmerzen.

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  2. My mother often suffers from headaches.

    Моя мати часто страждає від головного болю.

    ruМоя мама часто страдает от головных болей.

    deMeine Mutter leidet oft an Kopfweh.

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  3. I have a bad headache today.

    У мене сьогодні сильно болить голова.

    ruСегодня у меня сильно болит голова.

    deIch habe heute üble Kopfschmerzen.

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  4. He is suffering from a headache.

    Він страждає від головного болю.

    ruОн страдает от головной боли.

    deEr leidet unter Kopfschmerzen.

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  5. She appears to have a headache.

    Здається, що у неї болить голова.

    ruПохоже, у неё болит голова.

    deSie hat anscheinend Kopfschmerzen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pain or ache in the head:
Русский
By meaning 2
pain or ache in the head:
nuisance or unpleasant problem:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pain or ache in the head:

Origin

From Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe. By surface analysis, head + ach

From Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe. By surface analysis, head + ache.

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Forms

plural: headaches

Synonyms

7 synonyms
physical pain:cephalalgia
Close in meaning
  • pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs:head achecephalalgia
  • something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness:concernworryvexation

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • had a headache
  • a bad headache
  • bad headache
  • a slight headache
  • suffers from headaches
  • a severe headache
  • slight headache
  • with a headache
  • a terrible headache
  • severe headache
  • a headache so
  • headache last night

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
headache — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto