achy
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈeɪki/
:
adolorido
- After a long day of hiking, my legs felt achy and tired.
- feel achy
- achy joints
- achy knee
And she was like, yeah, sick, sweating, tired, achy.
- And she was like, yeah, sick, sweating, tired, achy.
- It's, you know, how much stuff you got to deal with, like body being being achy, something's hurt, something is sore.
- But Dan's met him a few times and my epidural is wearing off, and so my scar is achy, but nothing I can't handle right now.
- I was super nauseous and like achy over the weekend and now I'm just like super congested so I don't know what's going on.
- I still felt when my boobs were like heavy and achy and sore, but it was nowhere near as painful as it was without contraception.
Examples
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Especially on the hard days, the ones where you feel lousy, tired, achy, and cannot seem to get comfortable.
Blog text (22) -
Her nose ran, she coughed, and she was achy all over.
Fiction book (1999) -
That felt... achy, but good.
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I run for the first time two days ago, on Saturday morning, and it was a little bit achy after, but it's not a problem.
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Her legs felt achy the way they always did from just a little alcohol.
Fiction book (1999) -
My feet are achy, my throat is dry, and off to the meeting I go.
Blog text (27) -
Every night, I go to bed with an achy back and overworked arms.
Blog text (25) -
You have chest and lung congestion, and you feel achy all over.
Blog text (17) -
We become stiff, achy, our joints are reluctant to move, and quite frankly, it is painful.
Blog text (22) -
Working with a mostly cotton yarn on small needles made for achy hands.
Blog text (33)
Synonyms
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1.5
Having a constant, dull pain in a part of the body
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Achy comes from the simple word ache, which means 'a dull, lasting pain', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So achy means 'full of ache', which is why we call a leg or back 'achy' when it feels sore or uncomfortable.