Dictionary Definition
aching adj : causing a dull and steady pain; "my
aching head"; "her old achy joints" [syn: achy] n : a dull persistent
(usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ
Adjective
- That aches;
continuously painful.
See ache
- Quotations
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- The aching heart, the aching head. - Longfellow
Derived terms
- Achingly, adverb
Verb
aching- present participle of ache
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Heimweh, ache, achy, afflictive, algetic, angina, backache, bellyache, blow, cephalalgia, chilblains, chill, chilliness, chilling, cold creeps, cold
shivers, colic, collywobbles, cramp, creeps, cryopathy, cut, desiderium, distress, dithers, dolor, duck bumps, earache, fret, frostbite, gnawing, goose bumps, goose
pimples, gooseflesh,
grief, gripe, gripes, gut-ache, hankering, headache, heartburn, hemicrania, homesickness, honing, horripilation, hurt, hurtful, hurting, injury, kibe, languishing, languishment, lesion, longing, mal du pays, maladie du
pays, megrim, migraine, nasty blow, nostalgia, nostomania, odontalgia, otalgia, pain, pang, passion, pining, pyrosis, shivering, shivers, shock, sick headache, sore, sore spot, spasm, splitting headache,
stomachache,
stress, stress of life,
stroke, suffering, tender spot,
throbbing pain, throes,
toothache, wound, wrench, yearning, yen