sick headache

noun

1. migraine.

sick headache

noun

1. a headache accompanied by nausea

2. a nontechnical name for migraine

Word History and Origins

Origin of sick headache¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

“I got a sick headache,” she said, like it was my fault, and put her hand up to her forehead as she faded back into the room.

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Like Middleton, he had physical symptoms, which he described as “a sick headache, a heavy dull feeling, until it is as if a band of steel were around my head.”

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Granddaddy looked amused; Mother looked as if she had a sick headache but gamely held up her end of the conversation.

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When she reached the narrow hallway she was reminded that her grandmother was home with a sick headache.

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"It is only a sick headache!" he said finally, with bluntness which was meant for encouragement.

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