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Synonyms & Antonyms of aching
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1
causing or feeling bodily pain
- my poor, aching back
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2
expressing or suggesting mourning
- another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong
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- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
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- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
aching
verbpresent participle of ache
Synonyms of aching (Entry 2 of 2)
to feel or cause physical pain
- my feet ache from all that walking
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The first known use of aching was in the 13th century
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