Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pain_in_the_ass

1 sense of pain in the ass

Sense 1
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass -- (something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "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")
       => negative stimulus -- (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)