aching as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
aching
noun
1 aching
A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
synonym: ache.
Roget 378:
pain;
suffering,
sufferance,
suffrance†;
bodily pain,
physical pain,
bodily suffering,
physical suffering,
body pain;
mental suffering
etc.
828;
dolour,
ache;
aching
etc.
v.;
smart;
shoot,
shooting;
twinge,
twitch,
gripe,
headache,
stomach ache,
heartburn,
angina,
angina pectoris [Lat.];
hurt,
cut;
sore,
soreness;
discomfort,
malaise;
cephalalgia [Med.],
earache,
gout,
ischiagra†,
lumbago,
neuralgia,
odontalgia†,
otalgia†,
podagra†,
rheumatism,
sciatica;
tic douloureux [Fr.],
toothache,
tormina†,
torticollis†.
spasm,
cramp;
nightmare,
ephialtes†;
crick,
stitch;
thrill,
convulsion,
throe;
throb
etc.
(agitation)
315;
pang;
colic;
kink.
sharp pain,
piercing pain,
throbbing pain,
shooting pain,
sting,
gnawing pain,
burning pain;
excruciating pain.
anguish,
agony;
torment,
torture;
rack;
cruciation†,
crucifixion;
martyrdom,
toad under a harrow,
vivisection.
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Dutch: hunkeren naar, verlangen, pijn doen, pijn
Polish: łamanie
adjective
1 aching
Causing a dull and steady pain:
— My aching head.
synonym: achy.
Roget 378:
in pain
etc.
n.,
in a state of pain;
pained
etc.
v.;
gouty,
podagric†,
torminous†.
painful;
aching
etc.
v.;
sore,
raw.
2.
Special Sensation
(1)
Touch
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Roget 828:
in pain,
in a state of pain,
full of pain
etc.
n.;
suffering
etc.
v.;
pained,
afflicted,
worried,
displeased
etc.
830;
aching,
griped,
sore
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
on the rack,
in limbo;
between hawk and buzzard.
uncomfortable,
uneasy;
ill at ease;
in a taking,
in a way;
disturbed;
discontented
etc.
832;
out of humor
etc.
901.1;
weary
etc.
841.
heavy laden,
stricken,
crushed,
a prey to,
victimized,
ill-used.
unfortunate
etc.
(hapless)
735;
to be pitied,
doomed,
devoted,
accursed,
undone,
lost,
stranded;
fey.
unhappy,
infelicitous,
poor,
wretched,
miserable,
woe-begone;
cheerless
etc.
(dejected)
837;
careworn.
concerned,
sorry;
sorrowing,
sorrowful;
cut up,
chagrined,
horrified,
horror-stricken;
in grief,
plunged in grief,
a prey to grief
etc.
n.;
in tears
etc.
(lamenting)
839;
steeped to the lips in misery;
heart-stricken,
heart-broken,
heart-scalded;
broken-hearted;
in despair
etc.
859.
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