Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headachy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: headachy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suffering from a headache

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a headache.

Example Sentences

"After an hour at school she was soaked with sweat, dizzy, and headachy."
"a headachy pain"

Etymology

Etymology tree English headache Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English headachy From headache + -y.

Inflected Forms

more headachy (comparative) most headachy (superlative) headachey (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

headachingly

Questions

What does headachy mean?: Suffering from a headache
Where does headachy come from?: Etymology tree English headache Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English headachy From headache + -y.

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