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Definitions for Aching

[1] causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
[2] full of or precipitating nostalgia, grief, loneliness, etc.
[3] to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: His whole body ached.
[4] to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like: Her heart ached for the starving animals.
[5] to feel eager; yearn; long: She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even.
[6] a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
[7] to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
[8] to suffer mental anguish
[9] a continuous dull pain

Words related to Aching

sore, nagging, throbbing, hurting, tender, raw, smarting, achy, hurtful

Words nearby Aching

achillotomy, achimaas, achimelech, achimenes, achinese, aching, achinsk, achiote, achiral, achish, achitophel

Origin of Aching

ebefore 900; (v.) Middle English aken, Old English acan; perhaps metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (compare Old Norse aka, cognate with Latin agere, Greek ágein ); (noun) derivative of the v.

Other words from Aching

ach·ing·ly , adverb
un·ach·ing , adjective
un·ach·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Aching

eOld English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake , batch

Synonyms for Aching

hurting, nagging, sore, throbbing, raw, smarting, stinging, tender, achy, hurtful