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1
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
- filling out all the required forms was a real headache
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2
something that is a source of irritation
- one of the headaches of being a band teacher is never knowing if the school's music program will be cut
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- aggravation,
- aggro
- [British],
- annoyance,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bugbear,
- exasperation,
- frustration,
- hair shirt,
- hassle,
- inconvenience,
- irk,
- irritant,
- nuisance,
- peeve,
- pest,
- rub,
- ruffle,
- thorn,
- trial,
- vexation
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“Headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headache. Accessed 1 Dec. 2020.
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