to ache
18
4.2
- verb
- /eɪk/
:
desear
- Thank you for your sacrifice, and my heart aches for your loss.
- heart aches
And there's an enormous joy in that feeling when you ache for it.
- And there's an enormous joy in that feeling when you ache for it.
- And this world of people are aching, longing, praying for a little bit of magic.
Examples
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Sometimes I literally ache to be pregnant; I want it so badly.
Blog text (7) -
Now my heart aches for your friend and for you.
Fiction book (1995) -
I know how you ache and burn for my touch.
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I ache for you so bad.
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My heart and my spirit ache for the family, friends, and fellow officers.
Blog text (25) -
Please know our hearts ache for you, and together, all of us will help with this mission.
Blog text (7) -
My heart aches so much for you.
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I do not have the words to express how my heart aches for your pain.
Blog text (28) -
Kirsten, as I sit here weeping, my heart aches for you and little Ewan!
Blog text (8) -
I ache for the days when we were all together and happy.
Synonyms
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1.0
To feel sad because someone or something is not there
92
4.9
To want something very much when you cannot have it
37
8.2
To miss someone or something very much because they are not with you
17
6.7
To feel very sad and want someone or something a lot
1
7.7
To miss someone or something a lot when they are far away
To want someone or something very much
Compounds
- Literature
A deep, empty pain in the chest or heart that feels emotional rather than physical
How Longing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ache (to long for someone or something) grew from the physical idea of 'pain'; people compared a deep desire to a kind of hurt in the heart, so to ache for someone is to feel a strong, lingering longing.