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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But even kalte kost would be a small price to pay, I thought as I stretched my aching body on the foul straw, for the precious books I clutched between my hands.
From Literature
The thought of a drink of water, and the hope of food, must have given new strength to my aching legs.
From Literature
When at last he slowed, as his aching paws longed to, it would catch him.
From Literature
But Pasbar has followed events in Iran closely, his heart aching as he watched the recent crackdown on protests until he couldn't bear it any longer.
From Barron's
My head stops aching and the sharp pain in my ribs goes down as I sit on a log and drink tea and let the beauty work into me for that whole day.
From Literature
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