aching
Americanadjective
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causing physical pain or distress.
treatment for an aching back.
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full of or precipitating nostalgia, grief, loneliness, etc.
Other Word Forms
- achingly adverb
- unaching adjective
- unachingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of aching
Example Sentences
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He had toiled at car washes the whole time — crouching to scrub tires, stretching to dry roofs and returning home each night with aching heels and knots in his neck.
From Los Angeles Times
Like many Syrians, the residents of Ma’an and the surrounding villages are aching to find answers about hundreds of missing relatives.
Since its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Chloé Zhao’s aching story of love and loss has won audience awards at festivals around the world: London, San Diego, Toronto, Spain.
From Los Angeles Times
The most common symptoms are fever, chills, headache, aching joints and extreme tiredness.
From BBC
The achingly slow pitch at a club ground is probably not the best preparation for playing at the Optus.
From BBC
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