headachy

[ hed-ey-kee ]

adjective

having a headache.
accompanied by or causing headaches: a headachy cold.

Origin of headachy

First recorded in 1820–30; headache + -y¹

Words Nearby headachy

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How to use headachy in a sentence

All his sensations were dreamlike—but he felt that headachy exhaustion that comes of overwork too long continued.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
He went out again to the main entrance and smoked himself headachy.
The Voice in the Fog | Harold MacGrath
It was gloomy, and one could scarcely see to read; a taste of fog grew perceptible in the warm, headachy air.
New Grub Street | George Gissing
But the drink for tropics must not be fermented liquor: beer and wine are headachy and livery things.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine Dolbey
In America it is considered heavy and headachy; and doubtless the climate has something to do with this.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood

British Dictionary definitions for headachy

headachy

headachey

/ (ˈhɛdˌeɪkɪ) /

adjective

suffering from, caused by, or likely to cause a headache

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