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Achy synonyms
ā'kē
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aching
That aches; continuously painful. See ache
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  1. That aches; continuously painful. See ache
  2. Full of painful yearning or sorrow:
  3. Dully painful.
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 achy. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for achy, like: aching, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore and pain.

Sentence Examples

  • When she retreated to the locker room, her lip was puffy and her body achy already.

  • She struggled into a sitting position, her neck achy from her spot sleeping on the floor before the fire.

  • By evening I was beginning to feel restless and had really achy thighs so had a bath with clary sage burning in the background.

  • achy joints, but now I see the impact it has, especially on a younger person.

  • achy feeling on either side of head.

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