 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aching
adjective: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old
achy joints" [syn: {achy}]
noun: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: {ache}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ache \Ache\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Aching}.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan,
imp. [=o]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and
akin to agent.]
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued
pain; to be distressed. ''My old bones ache.'' --Shak.
The sins that in your conscience ache. --Keble.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aching \Ach"ing\, adjective
That aches; continuously painful. See {Ache}. --
{Ach"ing*ly}, adverb
The aching heart, the aching head. --Longfellow.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "aching":
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
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