Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pain in the backside

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: pain in the back-side
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of pain in the ass.

Example Sentences

"Perry can undoubtedly be a pain in the backside but in Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing he wears his big, bruised heart on his sleeve. The overwhelming sense is of a lonely, disappointed man in desperate need of a hug."

Inflected Forms

pains in the backside (plural)

Synonyms

pain in the ass

Questions

What does pain in the backside mean?: Synonym of pain in the ass.

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