aching
3
1.5
- adjective
- /ˈeɪkɪŋ/
:
doloroso
- After an intense workout, my muscles felt sore and aching for days.
- aching emptiness
- aching sadness
- aching heart
Dear my pill, dear my aching boobs.
- Dear my pill, dear my aching boobs.
- So the principle is to not have aching joints is progressively go up and not just let your ego take over.
Examples
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What makes me feel old would be aching joints.
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The truth was, the aching emptiness of the apartment made him morose, and he avoided being here as much as he could.
Fiction book (1995) -
General pain and aching in your hand and arm.
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The aching sense of loss.
Fiction book (2002) -
Our hearts may be glad or sad, troubled, aching, or sick.
Academic text (1995) -
Harry, I'm all aching and sore from these last six years.
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Stopping to clutch my aching sides, I asked, "Where are we now, James?"
Fiction book (2002) -
And a great, aching sadness welled up inside me.
Fiction book (1993) -
My joints are aching, Arthritis just setting in, mustache.
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Typically, you could be healthy at breakfast only to find yourself suffering with chills, fever, aching bones and nausea by lunchtime.
Synonyms
737
1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
73
3.9
Feeling angry or upset because of something
11
3.0
Feeling sore with a dull pain in muscles or joints
5
4.9
Feeling hurt, upset or uncomfortable
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aching comes from the old English word ache, which means 'pain', and the ending -ing shows something happening now or all the time. So aching describes a slow, ongoing pain that keeps bothering you.