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Pain in the neck Moderate

Pain in the neck has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a bothersome annoying person

"that kid is a terrible pain"

2

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

"washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"

"a bit of a bother"

"he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

3

Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient

Example Sentences
"that kid is a terrible pain" noun
"washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer" noun
"a bit of a bother" noun
"he's not a friend, he's an infliction" noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unpleasant person negative stimulus
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
nuisance irritant plague
Rhyming Words
eck neck meck weck heck reck feck peck teck deck geck veck seck keck beck steck freck kneck breck sneck
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