aching

The word “aching” has 2 syllables: ach-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈeɪkɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for aching?

In the thesaurus, “aching” has 136 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for aching along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for aching

achy
afflicting
afflictive
agonized
agonizing
anguished
anguishing
bawling
bemoaning
bewailing
biting
bitter
black
bleak
bleeding
brokenhearted
burning
careworn
chafing
cheerless
comfortless
cramping
crestfallen
crying
damaging
dark
darkening
dejected
deleterious
deploring
depressed
desolate
despondent
detrimental
dirgelike
disconsolate
dismal
dispirited
doleful
dolesome
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
dreary
elegiac
elegiacal
enflamed
excruciating
festering
forlorn
funeral
funereal
gloomy
glum
gray
grey
grieving
grievous
groaning
harmful
harrowing
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
howling
hurtful
hurting
inconsolable
inflamed
injurious
itching
joyless
keening
lamentable
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
melancholy
miserable
moaning
moody
morbid
morose
mournful
nagging
nasty
noxious
painful
paining
pathetic
pernicious
pessimistic
pinching
piteous
plaintive
plangent
pounding
pricking
prickling
racking
raw
regretful
rueful
sad
saturnine
severe
smarting
somber
sombre
sore
sorrowful
sorry
stinging
suffering
sullen
swelling
swollen
tearful
tender
threatening
throbbing
tingling
tormenting
torturing
torturous
triste
twingeing
twinging
unhappy
wailing
weeping
woebegone
woeful
wounding
wretched
yammering

Antonyms for aching

blissful
blithe
blithesome
bright
buoyant
cheerful
cheering
cheery
curative
delighted
ecstatic
elated
encouraging
euphoric
exhilarated
experienced
exulting
giddy
glorying
happy
heady
healing
healthy
helping
hopeful
indolent
jocund
jolly
joyful
joyous
laughing
lighthearted
merry
mirthful
optimistic
painless
rapturous
rejoicing
remedial
rhapsodic
rhapsodical
smiling
triumphant

Meanings of aching

verb
1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
noun
1. The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
adjective
1. That aches; continuously painful.

Example Sentences

After the long hike, her legs were aching from exhaustion.
He woke up with an aching back after sleeping in an uncomfortable position.
The flu left her feeling tired and her muscles were aching.
His heart was aching with regret after the argument.
The cold weather made his joints aching even more.

On this page you'll find 179 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to aching, such as: achy, afflicting, afflictive, agonized, agonizing, anguished, anguishing.

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