aching

That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.

Adjective

  1. That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
    • The aching heart, the aching head. - 1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend:
    • There was a long spell of silence, a big, aching void, and then from the Professor a keen 'S-s-s-s!' - 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 189:

    Synonyms: smarting sore achesome aching achy raw hurt hurty griefful pained painfilled painful smartful suffering tender tormented

Forms

more aching most aching

Derived

achingly backaching nonaching toothaching unaching

Noun

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

Forms

achings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of ache