Backache
noun
Pain felt in the back.
He couldn't lift anything heavy due to his intense backache.
Often appears as...
- suffer from backache
- chronic backache
noun
Discomfort or stress caused by a challenging situation, likened to physical pain in the back.
The endless paperwork is a real backache.
Often appears as...
- real backache
- unnecessary backache
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Pain felt in the back.
He couldn't lift anything heavy due to his intense backache.
Often appears as...
- suffer from backache
- chronic backache
noun
Discomfort or stress caused by a challenging situation, likened to physical pain in the back.
The endless paperwork is a real backache.
Often appears as...
- real backache
- unnecessary backache
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'backache' to describe actual physical pain in your back.
After gardening all day, she felt a terrible backache.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
'Backache' is common in healthcare discussions or when talking about physical health.
The doctor asked if he had a history of backache.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Adjective
Combine 'backache' with adjectives like 'mild' or 'intense' to describe the pain level.
She couldn't attend the meeting due to a mild backache.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'backache' to describe actual physical pain in your back.
After gardening all day, she felt a terrible backache.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
'Backache' is common in healthcare discussions or when talking about physical health.
The doctor asked if he had a history of backache.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Adjective
Combine 'backache' with adjectives like 'mild' or 'intense' to describe the pain level.
She couldn't attend the meeting due to a mild backache.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'backache' to describe actual physical pain in your back.
After gardening all day, she felt a terrible backache.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
'Backache' is common in healthcare discussions or when talking about physical health.
The doctor asked if he had a history of backache.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Adjective
Combine 'backache' with adjectives like 'mild' or 'intense' to describe the pain level.
She couldn't attend the meeting due to a mild backache.
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Quote examples
Jonathan Dimbleby
British Writer
Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine by a Russian white witch, as she murmured incantations, was certainly a new experience to cure my backache. It was surprisingly soothing.
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Kenny Baker
British Actor
I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to play harmonica.
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David H. Murdock
American Businessman
I never have anything go wrong. Never have a backache. Never have a headache. Never have anything else.
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Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
It's amazing how often campaigners in rich countries think poor people don't get backache.
Quote examples
Jonathan Dimbleby
British Writer
Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine by a Russian white witch, as she murmured incantations, was certainly a new experience to cure my backache. It was surprisingly soothing.
Quote examples
Kenny Baker
British Actor
I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to play harmonica.
Quote examples
David H. Murdock
American Businessman
I never have anything go wrong. Never have a backache. Never have a headache. Never have anything else.
Quote examples
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
It's amazing how often campaigners in rich countries think poor people don't get backache.
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