Brain-stabbing

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing a sharply painful headache. informal

    "The sky was gray and dead. Great! he thought. Another day stuck in this boarded-up rat hole! He slammed the door viciously, then winced, groaning, at the brain-stabbing noise."

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"The sky was gray and dead. Great! he thought. Another day stuck in this boarded-up rat hole! He slammed the door viciously, then winced, groaning, at the brain-stabbing noise."

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