Headache and Work

Headache

Headache noun - A dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work.

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Work and headache are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Headache".

Nearby Word: headachy

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Headache and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headache" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

good	good headache	good work
similar	similar headache	similar work
short	short headache	short work
legal	legal headache	legal work
Other adjectives: single, real, great, serious, bad, major, further, greatest, different.

Janeway just tells him not to bother trying to work it out, since he'll likely only succeed in giving himself a headache.

Source: Series / Star Trek: Voyager
The fact that they've standardized kanji more than makes up for that, but it's still a headache if you're not used to having to work out where words end.

Source: Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma
The production issues, including directing a headache-inducing Julia Roberts (whom he vowed never to work with again), probably had something to do with it.

Source: Creator Backlash / Live-Action Film

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Work and Headache. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/headache/work

Headache & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/headache/work>.

Work or Headache. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/headache/work.

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