pain in the neck
English Thesaurus
1. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | negative stimulus, |
| definition | : | a stimulus with undesirable consequences (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nuisance, |
| definition | : | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | irritant, thorn, |
| definition | : | something that causes irritation and annoyance (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | plague, |
| definition | : | an annoyance (noun.cognition) |
2. a bothersome annoying person (noun.person)
3. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | bother, |
| definition | : | make nervous or agitated (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | anguish, hurt, pain, |
| definition | : | cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | bother, |
| definition | : | make nervous or agitated (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | anguish, hurt, pain, |
| definition | : | cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion) |
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