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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

“I got a sick headache,” she said, like it was my fault, and put her hand up to her forehead as she faded back into the room.

Like Middleton, he had physical symptoms, which he described as “a sick headache, a heavy dull feeling, until it is as if a band of steel were around my head.”

Plus, the heat aggravated her crippling sick headaches, and she had to resort to a big spoonful of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, known to be the Best Blood Purifier for Women.

When she reached the narrow hallway she was reminded that her grandmother was home with a sick headache.

"It is only a sick headache!" he said finally, with bluntness which was meant for encouragement.

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