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headachy

[ hed-ey-kee ]

adjective

  1. having a headache.
  2. accompanied by or causing headaches:

    a headachy cold.



headachy

/ ˈhɛdˌeɪkɪ /

adjective

  1. suffering from, caused by, or likely to cause a headache


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Word History and Origins

Origin of headachy1

First recorded in 1820–30; headache + -y 1

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Example Sentences

All his sensations were dreamlike—but he felt that headachy exhaustion that comes of overwork too long continued.

He went out again to the main entrance and smoked himself headachy.

It was gloomy, and one could scarcely see to read; a taste of fog grew perceptible in the warm, headachy air.

But the drink for tropics must not be fermented liquor: beer and wine are headachy and livery things.

In America it is considered heavy and headachy; and doubtless the climate has something to do with this.

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