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View synonyms for ache
ache
[ eyk ]
verb (used without object)
, ached, ach·ing.
- to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain:
His whole body ached.
Synonyms: hurt
- to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like:
Her heart ached for the starving animals.
- to feel eager; yearn; long:
She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even.
noun
- a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
ache
/ eɪk /
verb
- to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
- to suffer mental anguish
noun
- a continuous dull pain
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Derived Forms
- ˈaching, adjective
- ˈachingly, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ache1
before 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ache1
Old English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake , batch
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Synonym Study
See pain.
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