This adjective is used to describe pain in one specific location: the head.
It does not have to mean a migraine but a severe headache which makes the sufferer feels like their head is splitting open.
Do you have an equivalent adjective in your language?
What advice would you give a patient who presents with a splitting headache?
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This adjective is used to describe pain in one specific location: the head. It is an extreme pain closer on the scale to 10 than 0, when 10 is the most painful.
Avoid exclamation marks in your writing as they are a sign of informality. Instead, use adjectives to show the level of emotion felt by the reader. In the example above, we can use an adjective for extreme pain instead of the exclamation…
Do you like routine? The first thing I do when I get to work is ____. Complete the sentence to show how much you like routine or prefer spontaneity!
