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| Main Entry: |
pain in the neck
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult person or situation |
| Synonyms: | headache, nudnik, nuisance, pain in the butt, pain in the rear, pest, schmo |
| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | affliction, aggro, bother, botheration, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up, headache, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck, pet peeve, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nuisance |
| Synonyms: | bother, bromide, bummer, creep*, deadhead, downer, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pill, soporific, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket, wimp*, yawn |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Antonyms: | charmer, exciter, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, perplexity, pest, plague, pother, pressure, problem, strain, to-do, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grievance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, gripe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ax to grind, beef, bellyache, big stink, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, flack, grief, grouse, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha, howl*, injury, injustice, jeremiad, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck, rap, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | headache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, problem |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bane, bother, dilemma, frustration, hassle, hindrance, inconvenience, nuisance, pain in the neck, pest, predicament, quagmire, trouble, vexation, worry |
| Main Entry: | imposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, command, constraint, demand, drag, duty, encroachment, encumbrance, intrusion, levy, pain, pain in the neck, pressure, presumption, restraint, tax |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, help, profit |
| Main Entry: | nuisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance; annoying person |
| Synonyms: | besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, poor excuse, problem, terror, trouble, vexation |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obnoxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, annoying, awful, beastly, big mouth, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, foul, gross*, hateable, hateful, heel, horrid, insufferable, invidious, loathsome, mean, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, odious, off-color, ornery, pain in the neck, pesky, pestiferous, pill, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, revolting, rotten, sickening, stinking, unpleasant |
| Notes: | noxious means injurious to physical or mental health; obnoxious means very offensive, objectionable, or unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delightful, kind, likeable, nice, pleasant, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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