as in sore
causing or feeling bodily pain
unable to play in tomorrow's football game because of an achy right knee
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Recent Examples of achy
Constructed with a padded memory foam insole, the boots are designed to prevent achy feet and provide long-lasting comfort.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Muscles and joints may feel achy, and skin may feel thinner and drier.3
Menopause causes several hormonal and bodily changes.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 12 Aug. 2025
The top layers of memory foam are designed to mold to your body and help relieve pains and achy joints.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
In addition to swelling, usually around the feet and ankles, symptoms can include legs that are achy, heavy feeling or tingly, and varicose veins.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Muscles and joints may feel achy, and skin may feel thinner and drier.3
Menopause causes several hormonal and bodily changes.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 12 Aug. 2025
The top layers of memory foam are designed to mold to your body and help relieve pains and achy joints.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
In addition to swelling, usually around the feet and ankles, symptoms can include legs that are achy, heavy feeling or tingly, and varicose veins.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for achy
Adjective
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The wife noted that her broken arm is still sore.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Max Strus is already out for the first part of the season after an offseason Jones fracture, while presumptive starting forward De’Andre Hunter has never played more than 67 games in a season, and his persistently sore knees require constant monitoring.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In this aching, unorthodox historical drama, Davies tells the story of the pacifist poet and veteran Siegfried Sassoon, whose experiences fighting in the First World War forever transformed him.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
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Braxton shares an aching need to be vulnerable only to realize by album’s end that such unions can result in horrible betrayal, her words of lament surrounded by swelling, lush orchestration.—
Clarence A. Haynes
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The result is the year’s most daring TV performance, rooted in a painful, just barely recognizable humanity.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company said its offering, akin to online tax preparation software, could help students maximize financial aid while making the application process less painful.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Achy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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