aching
/'eikiɳ/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Causing a dull and steady pain: Describes something that produces a continuous, often not sharp, but persistent feeling of discomfort or soreness.
- Feeling emotional pain or longing: Describes a state of deep, persistent emotional distress or yearning.
Noun:
- A dull persistent pain: A continuous, often moderate, and long-lasting physical discomfort.
- A feeling of emotional pain: A state of sustained sorrow or longing.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- After the long hike, I had aching muscles for two days.
- She felt an aching loneliness after her friend moved away.
Noun:
- The aching in my back made it hard to sleep.
- He couldn't shake the aching in his heart.
Advanced Usage
- "aching for": Having a deep, persistent desire or longing for something.
- She was aching for a chance to see her family again.
- "aching void": A profound feeling of emptiness or loss.
- His departure left an aching void in her life.
Variants and Related Words
- Ache (n/v): The noun form of the pain itself, or the verb meaning to suffer a dull, persistent pain.
- Noun: I have an ache in my tooth.
- Verb: My legs ache from standing all day.
- Achy (adj): Informal synonym for aching, describing a state of having aches.
- I feel all achy from the flu.
Synonyms
- Throbbing: Pulsating with pain (often more rhythmic than aching).
- Sore: Painful and tender, often from overuse or injury.
- Yearning (for emotional sense): A feeling of intense longing.
Phrasal Verbs
(Not commonly used as a phrasal verb component. The related verb is "ache for.")
Related Idioms
- Aching heart: A state of deep emotional sorrow or unfulfilled love.
- He sang a ballad for his aching heart.
- Aching to do something: Eagerly wanting to do something.
- The students were aching to start their summer vacation.
Adjective
- causing a dull and steady pain
- my aching head
- her old achy joints
Noun
- a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain