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Aching synonyms

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achy
Experiencing aches.
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  1. Experiencing aches.
  2. Having an ache, or dull, steady pain
  3. Suffering from aches, sore.
afflictive
That causes physical or mental pain
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  1. That causes physical or mental pain
  2. Causing pain or misery
hurtful
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
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  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
  2. Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
  3. Causing hurt; specif., wounding the feelings
painful
Causing mental anguish or suffering:
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  1. Causing mental anguish or suffering:
  2. Causing pain; hurting; distressing
  3. Full of or giving pain:
smarting
Painful, sore.
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  1. Painful, sore.
  2. (Figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
sore
Causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress
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  1. Causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress
  2. Causing embarrassment or irritation:
  3. Feeling physical pain; hurting:
Find another word for aching. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for aching, like: achy, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore and pain.

Sentence Examples

  • A warm shower soothed aching muscles.

  • She rolled onto her side, body aching from exertion.

  • For a moment she felt the dull aching pain of being utterly alone.

  • Some time later she woke with an aching back.

  • Her body's aching response to his direct stare and nearness took her by surprise, and she inched back.

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