bellyache

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From belly + ache.

As the simple Red Man of the western wild put it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force: "Plenty well, no pray; big bellyache, heap God." — The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
He's all right for an ordinary bellyache or holding some fool woman's hand, but I wouldn't call him in for an honest-to-God illness, not much I wouldn't, NO-sir! — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
I get so interested in the stories that the edges of the paper do not amount to anything; and people that bellyache about such minor things prove that they do not care for the stories, and furthermore they prove that they are ---- [censored] and ---- [censored] ready for the booby hatch. — Astounding Stories, May, 1931, Various

stomachache, stomach ache, gastralgia

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