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Definitions: Pain In The Neck |
Pain In The NeckNoun1. A bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain". 2. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "a bit of a bother". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Pain In The NeckSynonyms: annoyance (n), bother (n), botheration (n), nuisance (n), pain (n), pain in the ass (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pain In The Neck |
| English words defined with "pain in the neck": cephalitis ♦ encephalitis ♦ phrenitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pain in the neck": Neck Pain ♦ Osteoarthritis, Hip. (references) |
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Screenplays | Most of the saints throughout history have been a pain in the neck. (Bedazzled; writing credit: Peter Cook; Dudley Moore) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "pain in the neck": a pain in the neck ♦ be a pain in the neck ♦ be pain in the neck. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "pain in the neck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | jam i bezdisshëm (be pain in the neck). (various references) | |
Arabic | مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, galling, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), غلس (vapid), غتيت. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | досаден (aggravating, annoying, boring, bothersome, importunate, intrusive, irksome, irritating, lengthy, long winded, monotonous, mundane, obtrusive, officious, painful, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguesome, plaguy, ponderous, prolix, provoking, tedious, tiresome, tiring, vexatious, weariful, wearisome, weary). (various references) | |
French | enquiquinant, emmerdeur, casse-pieds, casse-pied. (various references) | |
German | nervensäge (irritant, nuisance, pest, plague). (various references) | |
Greek | μπελάς (nuisance, trouble). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קוץ בתחת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyakfájás (stiff neck), fárasztó (against the collar, burdensome, difficult, exhausting, fatiguing, grinding, grueling, gruelling, irking, irksome, onerous, stiff, sweaty, tedious, tiresome, tiring, toilful, toilsome, trying, uphill, warm, weariful, wearing, wearisome). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainpay inay ethay ecknay.(various references) | |
Russian | надоедливый (annoying, boring, bothersome, irksome, meddlesome, molestful, pesky, pestiferous, plaguesome, tiresome). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dosadan (acerbate, annoying, boring, bothersome, drear, dreary, grinding, humdrum, incommodious, long-spun, pesky, poky, repetitious, slow, stodgy, stuffy, teasing, tedious, tiresome, undiverted, vexatious). (various references) | |
Spanish | ser una lata (be a pain in the neck), ser un pesado (be a pain in the neck). (various references) | |
Swedish | en riktig plåga. (various references) | |
Turkish | can sıkıcı tip (humdrum), baş belâsı (a thorn in the flesh, a thorn in the side, annoyance, bother, confounded, headache, hellbender, nuisance, old man of the sea, pestilent, pestilential, stiff, tease, tough, troublemaker, troublesome). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-i-k-n-n-n-p-t" | |
-3 letters: phenacetin. | |
-4 letters: chinkapin, phenacite, phenakite. | |
-5 letters: cannikin, echinate, ethician, haptenic, pannikin, patience, peacenik, penchant, petechia, phenetic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 69 6E 49 6E 54 68 65 4E 65 63 6B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01001001 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001110 01100101 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a i n   I n   T h e   N e c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0069 006E 0049 006E 0054 0068 0065 004E 0065 0063 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50677580243802547471248716977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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