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Noun: pain in the neck
  1. A bothersome annoying person
    "that kid is a terrible pain in the neck"
    - pain, nuisance
     
  2. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
    "a bit of a pain in the neck"
    - annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the ass

Derived forms: pains in the neck

Type of: disagreeable person, negative stimulus, unpleasant person

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