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aching

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ach·ing  (kng)
adj.
1. Dully painful.
2. Full of painful yearning or sorrow: an aching heart.

aching·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.achingaching - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
odontalgia, toothache - an ache localized in or around a tooth
backache - an ache localized in the back
cephalalgia, head ache, headache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
bellyache, gastralgia, stomach ache, stomachache - an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region
earache, otalgia - an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
Adj.1.achingaching - causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

aching
adjective
1. painful, suffering, hurting, tired, smarting, pounding, raw, tender, sore, throbbing, harrowing, inflamed, excruciating, agonizing The aching joints and fever should last no longer than a few days.
2. longing, anxious, eager, pining, hungering, craving, craving, yearning, languishing, thirsting, ardent, avid, wishful, wistful, hankering, desirous He has an aching need for love.
Translations
aching [ˈeɪkɪŋ]
A. ADJ
1. [tooth, feet] → dolorido, que duele
2. (fig) with an aching heartcon mucho pesar
B. Ndolor m
aching
adj attr bones, head, muscles, limbsschmerzend; (fig) heartwund, weh (liter)
aching [ˈeɪkɪŋ] adj (gen) → dolorante; (sad) → afflitto/a


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On the other hand, as I walked home from the office at nightfall my feet seemed to lag, and my head to be aching.
Turning his back to his captor, he walked submissively away in the direction indicated, looking to neither the right nor the left; hardly daring to breathe, his head and back actually aching with a prophecy of buckshot.
In that hour she repeated what the merciful eyes of solitude have looked on for ages in the spiritual struggles of man-- she besought hardness and coldness and aching weariness to bring her relief from the mysterious incorporeal might of her anguish: she lay on the bare floor and let the night grow cold around her; while her grand woman's frame was shaken by sobs as if she had been a despairing child.
 
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