as in tingle
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
a dull pounding ache in his head
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Recent Examples of ache
Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
India also played through minor aches — such injuries to his left wrist and shoulder.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Other symptoms may include headache, muscle aches, skin rash or swelling.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Tylenol is used to treat a several conditions, such as mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches and colds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
India also played through minor aches — such injuries to his left wrist and shoulder.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
Advertisement During captivity Sharabi ached for his life in Be’eri—which as a kibbutz, or commune, is the original expression of the interdependence on which Israel functions.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Other symptoms may include headache, muscle aches, skin rash or swelling.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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More viscous than your average face mist, the milky formula is laced with ceramides and lipids to relieve tight, thirsty skin and refresh dull, dry-looking makeup without so much as a flush or a tingle.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This ultimately hurts the American people, the people who pay their salaries.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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But the sale also diminishes some hopes that Berkshire would buy Oxy in its entirety, potentially hurting the stock.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sharp cracks of gunfire pierced the morning air, loud, jarring pangs that echoed off the concrete.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Its high-fiber content combined with it only having 40 to 45 calories per fruit means kiwis can also help with healthy weight management by curbing hunger pangs without adding many calories to your diet.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chest aches, fevers, debilitating headaches and chills pained 15-year-old Sufiya Syed for more than a year before doctors finally diagnosed her two months ago.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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When the body feels stress, your heart rate and blood pressure jump, stress chemicals rise, and the brain may turn pain down for a moment.—
Dayanne S. Antonio,
The Conversation,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In what remains the sport’s pre-eminent super-bullpen, Miller has lessened the sting of setup man Jason Adam’s season-ending quad injury.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the sting of the Game 5 loss is still fresh, the future is bright for the Fever.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.—
Jack Korngold,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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That blue vein in her temple was really throbbing now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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