HEADACHES Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

headaches

noun

plural of headache

as in jobs

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work filling out all the required forms was a real headache

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as in frustrations

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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Recent Examples of headaches Those with the condition, which was eventually named Minamata disease, had symptoms including tremors, headaches, seizures, vision and hearing problems, ataxia, dysarthria, memory loss, and cognitive decline. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026 Patients may experience a very high fever, headaches, neck pain, stupor, disorientation, muscle weakness and other serious symptoms. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 But her backchannel relationship with the president also caused headaches for Fox management. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 The neighboring Olive Park Village Apartments have suffered frequent fires, causing headaches, costly repairs and near constant anxiety for homeowners. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Common side effects for flu and COVID-19 vaccines are mild and temporary, such as sore arms, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, and mild fever. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Common side effects for flu and COVID-19 vaccines are mild and temporary, such as sore arms, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches and mild fever. — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Tibbetts says the fires have already created plenty of logistics headaches. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026 But nightmare headaches and blood pressure spikes from her teenage years came back at age 24. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Weiss had interviewed for other jobs since his Rockies’ tenure, but got no other inquiries last winter.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Beyond health, direct cash support boosts local economies by creating jobs and stimulating spending.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

The past few weeks have seen the former host of To Catch a Predator repeatedly voice his frustrations with Oppenheim’s Primetime, A24’s dark thriller that will explore the origins of Hansen’s controversial Dateline segment.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
The festering frustrations over Moreno’s meddling and middling tenure as owner were on full display throughout what is now the team’s 11th consecutive losing season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of frustrations

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The petition sought to classify data centers as industrial nuisances, arguing that a ban would protect residents’ property and preserve city resources, such as water and electricity.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
The number of bears killed by motor vehicle strikes, euthanized as nuisances because of conflicts with humans or poached in the Central Florida region over the past decade total about 1,900.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuisances

Noun

Rød-Larsen's lawyer, John Christian Elden of the Norwegian law firm Elden Law, welcomed Norwegian law enforcement efforts to seek additional evidence from DOJ.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Since then, awareness and efforts to combat AMR have increased – but so has the threat.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of efforts

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Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The court also said any problems caused by the timing of the ruling is the fault of the secretary of state, who waited eight months before making a decision on the ballot initiative.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of problems

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Todd said clients that had planned capital investments nixed projects because of the escalating tariff threats and the prospect that the value of those investments would be hollowed out by new tariff burdens.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
And that doesn’t account for the patient’s extreme daily burdens, including chronic pain, physical mobility limitations and psychological distress.

— Jigar Thakkar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026