1
: pain in the head
2
: a vexatious or baffling situation or problem
meetings had become a giant headache—
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I'm starting to get a headache.
The symptoms include fever and headache.
The city's biggest headache is traffic.
Managing your finances can be a real headache.
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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
That work could create new headaches for Bass, depending on how wide-ranging the probe turns out to be.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
What Chelsea cannot do is sell the stadium to a sister company simply to resolve a PSR headache.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
That lower adoption rate could cause headaches for Virginia travelers this spring.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headache
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“Headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headache. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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