pounding head
Cranium under siege
A pounding head is a headache characterized by throbbing pain that pulses with the heartbeat: I woke up with a pounding head after too much wine.
The phrase typically describes moderate to severe headaches, often from hangovers, stress, or illness.
Sometimes shortened to My head is pounding.
- headacheCranial pain
- splitting headacheIntense throbbing head pain
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- throbbing painDiscomfort that beats rhythmically
- migraineSevere neurological head pain
ache · pain · ice pick · temples · aspirin · pain reliever · nausea · hangover · pulse · pressure · blood pressure · splitting · tension · skull · forehead · pulsing · hammering · drilling
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
- hangoversheadache, nausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- Headachesheadache, migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, sinus headache