PAIN IN THE ASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pain in the ass mean? 

• PAIN IN THE ASS (noun)
  The noun PAIN IN THE ASS has 1 sense:

1. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

  Familiarity information: PAIN IN THE ASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAIN IN THE ASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

annoyance; bother; botheration; infliction; pain; pain in the ass; pain in the neck

Context example:

he's not a friend, he's an infliction

Hypernyms ("pain in the ass" is a kind of...):

negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pain in the ass"):

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)