toothache
- noun
- /ˈtuːθeɪk/
- A persistent toothache forced him to call the dentist for an emergency appointment.
The symptoms would often start with a toothache and jaw pain and then progress to tissue death.
- The symptoms would often start with a toothache and jaw pain and then progress to tissue death.
- I don't know what that means, but I think that some people say that they use them for toothaches and tooth pain.
- He also talks about the intellectual who is groaning with a toothache.
- But once the pain of that toothache overrides the fear, you can't get to that dentist quick enough.
- If you wanted her to cure your toothache or tell you your future or talk to the dead for you, you would seek out a witch.
- But he had a horrific toothache and he'd been swollen down some bourbon and he stood there apparently a little unsteady.
Examples
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If you have a toothache, that's a nerve that's aching.
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Well, Dr. Rose, I have this toothache right here.
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I got a little toothache here.
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Unfortunately, I had the toothache.
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In 2007, I started having a bad toothache and needed a root canal.
Blog text (18) -
She has a toothache, so she went to lie down.
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My pal here's got a rather bad toothache.
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But once the pain of that toothache overrides the fear, you can't get to that dentist quick enough.
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How I hate to bring it up, but she's got an awful toothache; we've got to carry her to the dentist.
Fiction book (1991) -
The question nagged at Kassianos like the beginnings of a toothache for the rest of the day.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
Pain around a tooth, often felt as a sharp or dull ache
Compounds
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toothache comes from two simple parts, tooth and ache, and ache means 'pain'. So a toothache is literally 'tooth pain', which is why we use it for pain in or around a tooth.