Headachy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffering from a headache

    "After an hour at school she was soaked with sweat, dizzy, and headachy."

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of a headache.

    "a headachy pain"

Synonyms

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colickythrobbing

Example

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"Nurse, I swallowed some cough spray by accident, and I got all drowsy and headachy during second period. Turns out it says here the active ingredient is harmful when swallowed. Am I going to be fine?"

Etymology

From headache + -y.

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