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PAIN IN THE NECK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Example:
he's not a friend, he's an infliction
Synonyms:
annoyance; bother; botheration; infliction; pain; pain in the ass; pain in the neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pain in the neck" is a kind of...):
negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pain in the neck"):
nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)
irritant; thorn (something that causes irritation and annoyance)
plague (an annoyance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bothersome annoying person
Example:
that kid is a terrible pain
Synonyms:
nuisance; pain; pain in the neck
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pain in the neck" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
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