balls-achingadj.
/ˈbɔːlzeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɔlzˌeɪkɪŋ/, /ˈbɑlzˌeɪkɪŋ/ British slang.
Annoying, irritating; revolting; extremely tedious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious
angeeOE
swinkfuleOE
plightlyOE
teenfulOE
contrariousc1320
drefa1325
troublinga1325
despitousa1340
thornya1340
discomfortablec1350
troublablec1374
noyousa1382
noyfulc1384
diseasy1387
angrya1393
painful1395
hackinga1400
annoying?c1400
annoyousc1400
cumbrousc1400
teenc1400
annoyfulc1405
sputousc1420
diseasefula1425
molest?a1425
noying?a1425
noisomea1450
grievingc1450
tedious?1454
troublous1463
noisantc1475
displeasant1481
strouble1488
nuisant1494
noyanta1500
irksome1513
sturting1513
molestious1524
vexatious1534
cumbersome1535
uncommodious1541
spiteful1548
vexing?1548
incommodious1551
molestous1555
diseasing1558
grating1563
pestilent1565
sturtsome1570
molestuousa1572
troublesome1573
murrain1575
discommodable1579
galling1583
spiny1586
unsupportable1586
troubleful1588
plaguey1594
distressingc1595
molestful1596
molesting1598
vexful1598
fretful1603
briery1604
bemadding1608
mortifying1611
tiry1611
distressfula1616
irking1629
angersome1649
disobliging1652
discomforting1654
incomfortable1655
incommode1672
ruffling1680
unconvenient1683
pestifying1716
trying1718
offending1726
bothering1765
pesky1775
weary1785
sturty1788
unaccommodating1790
tiresome1798
werriting1808
bothersome1817
plaguesome1828
pestilential1833
fretsome1834
languorous1834
pesty1834
pestersome1843
nettlesome1845
miserable1850
niggling1854
distempering1855
be-maddeninga1861
nattery1873
nagging1883
pestiferous1890
trouble-giving1893
maddening1896
molestive1905
nuisancy1906
balls-aching?1912
nuisance1922
nattering1949
noodgy1969
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
cockish1996
?1912 D. H. Lawrence in F. Lawrence Mem. & Corr. (1961) 189 Balls-aching rot.
1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 157 Balls-aching drivel, unquestionably—and poor tactics, too.
1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 8 I don't quite know why I bother with all this ballsaching fire and semi-satire.
2003 Grocer (Nexis) 15 Nov. 12 Suppliers need to understand what a balls-aching job it is for a kid on 4.70 an hour to fill shelves.
Derivatives
ˈballs-achingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner
noyfully1395
annoyously?c1400
noyously1483
troublously1538
uncommodiously1545
wretchedly1546
irksomely1549
incommodiously1551
troublesomely1591
vexingly1599
cumbersomely1611
vexatiously1642
discomfortably1653
importunely1658
gratingly1683
mortifyingly1748
distressingly1786
gallingly1802
annoyingly1806
peskily1833
pesky1833
tryingly1841
discomfortingly1869
balls-achingly1972
1972 J. Metcalf Going down Slow iii. 48 Oh, don't be so ballsachingly adolescent!
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Guide Suppl.) 23 The two central characters..are balls-achingly, mind-numbingly, soul-crushingly dull.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?1912