aching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ
Verb
aching
- present participle of ache
Adjective
aching (comparative more aching, superlative most aching)
- That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
- 1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend:
- 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!'
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Derived terms
- achingly
Translations
To suffer from a nagging ache
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Noun
aching (plural achings)
- The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
Anagrams
- Changi, Chiang, I-ch'ang, Ichang