pain in the neck

Noun
  1. A bothersome annoying person (synset 110411212)
    "that kid is a terrible pain"
    is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
    same as: nuisance, pain
  2. Something or someone that causes trouble;
    A source of unhappiness (synset 105838383)
    "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
    is a type of: negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences
    subtypes:
    • nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
    • irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance
    • plague - an annoyance
    same as: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass

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