Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: aching
IPA transcription: ['eɪkɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: aching, achy
    Meaning: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ache, aching
    Meaning: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Usage examples
  • He sat up in his bed and became conscious of a hot and aching head.
  • The other masters lived at a distance, and Ketch's old legs were aching. What was he to do?
  • "It would be far worse, Lady Augusta, if we believed him guilty," she replied from her aching heart.
  • When the last wagon rolled away, McLean sat on the stump and Freckles told the story he was aching to tell.
  • It was warm and soft and sweet-smelling; it soothed away the hurt of his aching muscles and the sting of his scratches.
  • There was no respite nor rest from the hard surface of the rock, and aching muscles could find no change from the cramped and perilous position.
  • Within was a labyrinth of passages in the walls, and "long-sounding corridors," and sudden galleries, whence I looked down into the great church aching with silence.
  • "Caught in a tree, by Jupiter!" and all visions of heaven vanished in a breath, as he sat up and stared about him, wide awake now, and conscious of many aching bones.
  • Morning, dismal and wet, at length dawned and discovered to my sleepless and aching eyes the church of Ingolstadt, its white steeple and clock, which indicated the sixth hour.
  • She even had to admit to herself a certain sensation of relief after she had bathed her aching head and throat, and substituted a thin, silk wrap for the torn, stained riding-suit.