headaching
adjEtymology From headache + -ing.
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Having a tendency to cause a headache.
- ...and certainly early rising increases the pang of separation,—the raw, damp air, the headaching feel of lingering drowsiness, the cold coffee, the hurry of sleepy servants;...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 327:
- There was a loud shuffle as the courtroom began to empty and the chatter of people discussing their various opinions was headaching.2010, Tom Reilly, The Price (page 349)