ache

(āk)
intr.v., ached, ach·ing, aches.

1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
2. To feel sympathy or compassion.
3. To yearn painfully: refugees who ached for their homeland.

n.

1. A dull, steady pain. See synonyms at pain.
2. A longing or desire; a yen.
3. A painful sorrow.

[Middle English aken, from Old English acan.]

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verb

1. To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort: hurt, pain, pang, twinge. See pain/pleasure.
2. To experience or express compassion: commiserate, compassionate, feel, pity, sympathize, yearn. Idioms: be sorry, havetakepity. See pity.
3. To have a strong longing for: covet, desire, hanker, long, pant, pine, want, wish, yearn. Informal hone. See desire.

noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury: pain, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge. Informal misery. See pain/pleasure.

n

Definition: sore feeling; dull pain
Antonyms: comfort, ease, health, relief

IN BRIEF: A dull pain.

Marie's ankle continued to ache after she sprained it last week.

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1. continuous pain, as opposed to sharp pangs or twinges. An ache can be either dull and constant, as in some types of backache, or throbbing, as in some types of headache and toothache. An ache is a subjective sensation and its occurrence in animals is only assumed.
2. to suffer such pain.

See words rhyming with "ache."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Ache.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - smerte, pine
v. intr. - smerte, have ondt, gøre ondt

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zeurende) pijn, psychisch leed, (hevig) verlangen, pijn doen/ lijden

Français (French)
n. - mal, douleur, souffrance, (fig) peine
v. intr. - faire mal, avoir mal, être douloureux, (fig) fendre (le c¯ur), (fig) mourir d'envie de, brûler de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schmerz
v. - schmerzen, weh tun

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πονώ, (μτφ.) φλέγομαι, επιθυμώ διακαώς
n. - άλγος, πόνος

Italiano (Italian)
far male, dolore, male

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sentir dores, desejar
n. - dor (f) contínua

Русский (Russian)
болеть, боль

Español (Spanish)
n. - dolor
v. intr. - doler, dolerse, padecer un dolor

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - värka, göra ont
n. - värk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
疼痛, 渴望, 觉得疼痛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 疼痛
v. intr. - 渴望, 覺得疼痛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아픔
v. intr. - 아프다, ~하고 싶어 못 견디다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 痛む, 恋しくてたまらない, …したくてたまらない, ずきずき痛む, あこがれる
n. - 痛み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجع, يؤلم, يكتئب (الاسم) ألم متواصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כאב, מכאוב‬
v. intr. - ‮חש כאב, התגעגע, השתוקק‬

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