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Definition of aching

adjective:

• causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head", "her old achy joints". Synonyms: achy.

noun:

• a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. Synonyms: ache.

verb:

• feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?". Synonyms: ache, hurt, suffer.
• have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette", "I am pining for my lover". Synonyms: ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen.
• be the source of pain. Synonyms: ache, hurt, smart.

Related words

backache, bellyache, bite, burn, catch, cephalalgia, die, earache, gastralgia, get, headache, hunger, itch, kill, odontalgia, otalgia, prick, shoot, sting, stomachache, thirst, throb, toothache, twinge.

Words nearby aching

acting, arching.

Rhymes with aching

baking, breaking, forsaking, making, mistaking, remaking, retaking, shaking, taking, waking.

Start with aching

achingly.

End with aching

bleaching, overreaching, misteaching, overteaching, reattaching, caching, upreaching, overbleaching, leaching, overcoaching, reteaching, bellyaching, broaching, roaching, stomaching, attaching, outcoaching, breaching, pleaching, teaching, reaching, outreaching, reproaching, preaching, impeaching, coaching, forereaching, poaching, beaching, antipoaching, approaching, peaching, nonteaching, outpreaching, unteaching, detaching, baching, encroaching.