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View synonyms for sick headache

sick headache

noun



sick headache

noun

  1. a headache accompanied by nausea
  2. a nontechnical name for migraine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sick headache1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences

The fumes of the tobacco were carried by the air into the house, and brought back Ruth's sick headache.

Martha says she has a bad sick headache and ain't been outside the house fur four or five days.

Her look of dismay, and vehement disclaimer—'Inside of you, Miss, when you have just had a sick-headache for five days!'

When the next Thursday evening came Mag was confined to her room by a sick headache, from which she had been suffering all day.

"Bless the child, it's nothin' but a sick-headache," whispered Emma.

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