aching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

Verb

aching

1. present participle and gerund of ache

Adjective

aching (comparative more aching, superlative most aching)

1. That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.

   Synonyms: smarting, sore; see also Thesaurus:painful

   • 1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:

     The aching heart, the aching head.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 189:

     There was a long spell of silence, a big, aching void, and then from the Professor a keen 'S-s-s-s!'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aching.

Derived terms

• achingly
• backaching
• nonaching
• toothaching
• unaching

Translations

To suffer from a nagging ache

• Māori: hīwiniwini, kōrangaranga
• Spanish: adolorido (es), dolorido (es), adolorado (es), doliente (es)

Noun

aching (plural achings)

1. The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.

Anagrams

• Changi, Chiang, I-ch'ang, Ichang