aching

[ ey-king ]

/ ˈeɪ kɪŋ /

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adjective

causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.

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

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Origin of aching

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

OTHER WORDS FROM aching

ach·ing·ly, adverbun·ach·ing, adjectiveun·ach·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby aching

Achilles jerk, Achilles tendon, Achill Island, achimenes, Achinese, aching, Achinsk, achiote, achiral, Achish, Achitophel

How to use aching in a sentence

The moment I got that cold, hard weighted pot in my arms, the aching in my heart and my arms immediately went away.
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As my injured leg improves, my left leg starts aching, then throbbing, near my hip.
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Liberals are aching to see a Democratic president really tackle these issues in an aggressive way.
What Obama Can Learn From Elizabeth Warren|Michael Tomasky|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I was itchy from the bugs, aching everywhere, blistery, and wet.
An Obsessive’s Search for a Lost Jungle City|Christopher S. Stewart|December 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

She was left with an aching desire to turn back time and stop the progression of that clock.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s Suicide|Cory MacLauchlin|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The organization has been aching to move against the judiciary for some time, he said.
Deaths of Gaber Salah, Islam Masoud Signal Egypt’s Dangerous Divisions|Alastair Beach|November 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
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