aching

[ ey-king ]
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adjective
  1. causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.

  2. full of or precipitating nostalgia, grief, loneliness, etc.

Origin of aching

1
Middle English word dating back to 1200–1250; see origin at ache, -ing2

Other words from aching

  • ach·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·ach·ing, adjective
  • un·ach·ing·ly, adverb

Words Nearby aching

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How to use aching in a sentence

  • He was a boy of eighteen, aching over his first love affair; and she was divinely mothering him.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • There was a vicious aching in his nerves, his muscles were flaccid and unstrung; a numbness was in his brain as well.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • Upon such expectation, Allcraft stood—upon such props suffered his aching soul to rest.

  • She was as incapable of jealousy as of aching vanity in the fact of a son whom the world was never permitted to forget.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • Tom easily found the mightier scale his aching heart so hungrily desired.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood