royal pain
Insufferable bothersome person
A royal pain is someone or something extremely annoying or troublesome.
The *royal* intensifies the irritation, suggesting the nuisance rises to a level deserving special recognition: Filling out these forms is a royal pain.
Often expanded to *royal pain in the ass* or *royal pain in the neck*.
Cause of aggravation
thorn · vexation · aggravation · hassle · torment · plague · menace · troublemaker
Impossible to endure
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- intolerableImpossible to bear
- maddeningCausing extreme frustration
infuriating · exasperating · agonizing · relentless · persistent · constant · extreme · severe
One who voices dissatisfaction
- whinerHabitual vocal complainer
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
grumbler · grouch · nag · nitpicker · fusspot · killjoy · buzzkill · spoilsport
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
exaggerated · sensational · flamboyant · overblown · campy · hammy · ostentatious · grandiose
nuisance
Cause of aggravation
headache · thorn · vexation · aggravation · hassle · torment · plague · menace · troublemaker · irritation
unbearable
Impossible to endure
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- intolerableImpossible to bear
maddening · infuriating · exasperating · agonizing · relentless · persistent · constant · extreme · severe · acute
complainer
One who voices dissatisfaction
- whinerHabitual vocal complainer
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
troublemaker · grumbler · grouch · nag · nitpicker · fusspot · killjoy · buzzkill · spoilsport · malcontent
melodrama
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
hyperbolic · exaggerated · sensational · flamboyant · overblown · campy · hammy · ostentatious · grandiose · operatic